Amid unrest, leaders enjoy Kerala beach photo-shoot

JAMMU:While inhabitants of the violence-plagued state of Jammu and Kashmir are anxiously waiting for the ‘nationalist’ BJP to devise a comprehensive strategy during its national council meet in Kerala to deal with anti-national elements in the Valley, a majority of saffron party leaders have found enough time to visit beaches and enjoy scenic beauty of the state.

BJP leaders from Jammu pose for a photograph at a beach in Kerala. Tribune Photo

Vikram Sharma

Tribune News Service

Jammu, September 25

While inhabitants of the violence-plagued state of Jammu and Kashmir are anxiously waiting for the ‘nationalist’ BJP to devise a comprehensive strategy during its national council meet in Kerala to deal with anti-national elements in the Valley, a majority of saffron party leaders have found enough time to visit beaches and enjoy scenic beauty of the state.

A Facebook picture post uploaded by senior BJP leader Yudhvir Sethi, who is the husband of a BJP minister in Mehbooba Mufti-led coalition government, flashed pictures of BJP leaders posing for a photo-shoot at a scenic beach in Kerala.

Facebook, which is presently the most used social media, is a household commodity these days which quickly exchanges news and views posted by people to larger domain, making its outreach quite broad.

Sethi’s post of BJP leaders enjoying a day off on a Kerala beach having taken a ‘sensitive Kashmir mission’ to the national executive meet for a solution has exposed the party’s seriousness towards its governance in the state.

Over 85 youths have been killed in the Kashmir unrest so far, with no inclusive solution produced by the state or Centre to defuse the turmoil. The BJP cadre, including its ministers in the coalition, have already shown their incompetence.

Also, the gruesome attack by terrorists at the Uri Army camp, that left 18 soldiers dead, seems not to have deterred the saffron leaders’ love for photo-shoot session, which they have posted with broad smiles on all their faces, said one social site user.

The leaders in the Facebook post include big political names like MP Shamsher Singh, PHE Minister Sham Chaudhary and general secretaries Narinder Singh and Sethi.

The photo post is gathering abhorring views from Facebook users, who term it as complete surrender of the state BJP to its own incompetence and demand their ouster from governance.

“How can such a political bunch of ministers and MPs enjoy picnic on beaches when the youth are bleeding on the streets and terrorists are trying all means to intrude into the state to break it down? They have turned out to be the most disgusting lot of leaders that Jammu ever had,” said Satish Kumar, a Facebook user.