BJP no longer an outsider, but a mainstream party in JK, says Ram Madhav

Srinagar: BJP senior leader and incharge of Kashmir affairs on Wednesday said that their party is no longer an outsider but a mainstream party in the state.”BJP is now a mainstream party even though our footprints are not huge but we are no longer an outsider,” Madhav told a presser here.
Madhav said that they are confident they will win two parliamentary seats from Jammu and in in Ladakah. Madhav criticized NC and PDP saying that they have resorted to means of separatists to woo and instigate people.
“We have urged authorities to register an FIR against Akbar Lone for raising anti India slogans,” Madhav said, adding that the claim by regional parties that they are Mujahideen is ‘despicable and shows the working of these parties’. “They parrot separatism in valley and praise Ram in Delhi. This is their character,” Madhav said.
Madhav also criticized National Congress and said that the Rahul Gandhi announced minimum wage is a fraud and compared it to ‘promising moon’.”A party sure of its loss can promise anything even moon,” Madhav said, adding that Modi wave is sweeping the country.
Minor’s killing in Hajin gunfightt: SHRC seeks report from DC, SSP Bandipora within 4 weeks
Srinagar: In response to a petition filed against the killing of a 12-year-old minor boy in Hajin encounter, the State Human Rights Commission (SHRC) has issued notices to Deputy Commissioner (DC) and SSP Bandipora to submit detailed compliance report regarding of case/77/Bandi/2019 dated 26/3/2019 , Human shield Aatif Mir within four weeks.
The petition in this regard was filed by International Forum for Justice Human Rights Jammu and Kashmir, Chairman, Muhammad Ahsan Untoo.
The petitioner said that on 23 March, encounter broke between the militants and security forces during which two Lashkar-e-Taiba militanst were killed and as per the news report one minor namely Atif Mir was taken as human shield.
“It was brought into the notice of common people that the family members were rescued from the house without Atif reasons best known to the concerned parties,” he said.
He added that as per the statement of SSP Bandipora published in daily newspaper it has been contended that six civilians were rescued with the help of Mohalla committee and when the team went to the third floor, the militants opened fire on them as this was the chance encounter. “as per the version/ statement of the SSP Bandipora being the chance encounter, as other civilians were rescued no explanation was given how the minor was taken as human shield.
He added that this is one of the grave human rights violation wherein the life of a minor was taken. He also said that the militant organisations should clear the stand on this allegation so that the confusion among the people should be cleared.