NaMo to address rallies in Srinagar, Anantnag on December 6
The top leadership of the BJP will engage in canvassing in the Kashmir Valley after the conclusion of the first phase of elections. Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to address separate rallies in Srinagar and Anantnag on December 6. Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh will address three election gatherings at Karnah and Uri in north and Pahalgam in south Kashmir.
The BJP has embarked on Mission 44+, an ambitious strategy to win more than half of seats in the 87-member J&K Assembly. The first of the five phases of elections is scheduled on Tuesday. While the BJP is eyeing massive support in Jammu and ladakh, it has strategised to get a few seats from the Muslim majority in Kashmir Valley.
The schedule for Modi and Singh's rallies was disclosed by Ramesh Arora, the BJP's vice-president and in-charge of Kashmir affairs here. The venues for the PM's rallies will be finalised by the Government after analysing the security situation, a pre-requisite for the high-profile rallies.
Arora said that the BJP was vigorously pursuing its Mission-44-plus "to rid the State of exploitative political class".
He said that the BJP was committed to carry forward the dialogue process (for the resolution of Kashmir issue) in the framework of 1972-Simla agreement. "We have said it in past and are again saying that the BJP is committed to take foreword the dialogue under Shimla Agreement. We are competent enough to solve our problems and we don't need any foreign intervention. India is emerging as a growing power today and world is looking towards us. We want Kashmiri youth to be part of India's growth," he said.
He said that the best solution for Kashmir issue was the restoration of peace and prosperity.
The BJP, meanwhile, raked up the issue of half-widows and said the State has nearly 35,000 missing people.
The BJP leader sought to share the grief of common people suffering since two-and-a-half decades of turmoil in the State. Arora said that thousands of families do not know the whereabouts of their missing relatives. "It was the Government's obligation to share information about missing persons with their families", he said.
He said that people are being rounded up in the name of stone-pelters, which has turned into a business for vested interests. "One party picks up the youngsters for `20,000 and puts them behind bars while the other releases them against the same amount", he alleged.