Shinde`s remarks: BJP’s protests in J&K on Jan 24

The J&K unit of the BJP will organise protests in all districts in the state on January 24 against Union Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde`s controversial remarks during the recent Congress conclave in Jaipur.

Jammu: The Jammu and Kashmir unit of the BJP will organise protests in all districts in the state on January 24 against Union Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde`s controversial remarks during the recent Congress conclave in Jaipur.

"The party will organise protests in all districts in the state on January 24 to protest Shinde`s remarks," JK BJP chief Jugal Kishore Sharma said. Yesterday, the BJP demanded sacking of Shinde over his charge that the saffron party and the RSS promoted "Hindu terrorism". It also announced nation-wide protests on January 24 against the remarks. Both the Congress-led UPA government at the Centre and the NC-Cong dispensation in Jammu and Kashmir were pursuing "anti-people" policies, Sharma said. The BJP would vigorously expose "misdeeds" of both the governments, he told a meeting of newly-nominated state BJP office-bearers here. State BJP general secretary Ashok Koul invited suggestions from the office-bearers for better coordination among party workers and leaders. PTI