Jammu: Celebrating the 60th foundation day of Bhartiya Jan Sangh, BJP on Friday said it is fighting against the separatist elements in Jammu and Kashmir.

"BJP is fighting against separatist tendencies which existed since 1953 in the state.. We had pledged to the cause of unity with the blessing of the then Sangh personalities," state BJP president Shamsher Singh Manhas told a function here. A function was observed to mark the event in which veteran and present leadership came together to remember those citizens who had sacrificed their lives in the historic agitation of 1953.

The veterans were honoured for their active contribution in the unification of the state with India. Sangh veterans Rishi Kumar Koushal and Yash Bhasin hoped that the sacrifices made in 1953 will not go in vain.
PTI