BJP compromising on all its policies for power: J&K National Panthers Party

Jammu: Criticising BJP for its "suicidal surrender and U-turn on its jingoistic rhetoric" on the release of hardline separatist leader Masarat Alam, Jammu and Kashmir National Panthers Party (JKNPP) said the party had compromised on all its policies for the sake of power.

"We accuse BJP for its suicidal surrender and U-turn on its jingoistic rhetoric. The state unit of BJP owes an explanation to the people of state for its criminal silence over the spate of announcements and measures announced by PDP in furtherance of its highly controversial agenda," JKNPP Chairman, Harsh Dev Singh told reporters on Monday.

"BJP in its outlandish ambition to remain in power seems to have ignored the fact that Masarat Alam had waged a war against the nation, carried a huge reward on his head for pro-secessionist activities, was detained under PSA and other offences more than a dozen times and has further warned to carry forward the anti-India campaign immediately after his release," he added.

Asserting that Jammu and Kashmir can't be made a hostage to politicking by BJP-PDP alliance, Singh lambasted the saffron party for its "utterly meek and shameful response" in the face of aggressive posturing by its alliance partner for promotion of its avowed agenda in the state.

He said it was unfortunate that BJP has sought to downplay the release of Alam with several of its senior state leaders and Ministers making vague assertions of taking up the issue with PDP leadership.

The JKNPP leader said it was regrettable that rather than ensuring the revocation of the release order of Alam, the BJP leaders, including Deputy Chief Minister Dr Nirmal Singh, were issuing statements in the media of a strong and stable government and vouching for its continuance for full term of six years.

Reminding the saffron party of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's slogan of 'Zero Tolerance' on terrorism, he lamented that BJP had in fact displayed infinite tolerance by compromising on all its policies merely for the sake of power.

He said that each announcement and decision taken by the PDP in the last six days was incompatible with the saffron party's core philosophy but the latter failed to put up any strong resistance.

Asking the saffron to realize the kind of political debauchery it was indulging in, he called for a review of its alliance with PDP which otherwise could make its 'Ghar Wapsi' (return home) in Jammu impossible in the days to come.