Srinagar: The Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP), Kashmir unit, held its first meeting here today ever since the killing of militant commander Burhan Wani on July 8 sparked widespread protests.The Valley unrest that entered its 89th day today, besides throwing normal life out of gear, has also affected political activities even as the BJP earlier claimed that 19 of its workers were attacked during protests.And as the BJP cadres held a meeting at its Rajbagh party office, they expressed hope that normalcy would return in a “few days.”“The situation is improving but still we have to trek a long distance and it will be normal in a few days…because public at large wants peace and development. People want to come out to lead a normal life but a few are still in a mood to disturb the normalcy on the instructions of their masters sitting across the border,” said senior BJP leader and MLC Ramesh Arora, who chaired the meeting.BJP, Kashmir media in charge, Altaf Thakur said they were meeting for the first time after the ongoing unrest and that they would be resuming normal party activities very soon.“The BJP cadres had to go through a tough time during the unrest as 19 of our workers were attacked. Now that things are improving, we held a first full-fledged party meeting today,” he said.Before the ongoing unrest, the BJP, Kashmir unit, was working to strengthen the party base and had claimed enrolment of over 3.3 lakh members in the Valley.Meanwhile, Arora appealed to the students to start their studies and not get “mislead by the slogans.” Stating that peace was the only solution for progress, he said: “Those who have burnt the autos of poor persons must be ashamed and the police must take strong steps to control such incidents.”“India is a big democratic country, it cannot allow any type of disintegration of land. Surgical strikes (across LoC) reflect the mindset and determination of the nation. People, especially students and teenagers, must understand that no power on the earth can deviate us from our determination to provide a peaceful atmosphere where each and every person can grow without fear and pressure,” he added. (Tribune News Service)
BJP’s Kashmir unit sees ‘normalcy returning’
