BJP’s ‘ragdo’ style anti-China protest in Kashmir goes viral on social media

M Aamir Khan

Tribune News Service

Srinagar, June 22

As part of the series of the ongoing anti-China protests by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), slogans of ‘ragdo’ during a demonstration were witnessed in Kupwara district on Monday.

The ‘ragdo’ slogan, usually synonymous with anti-India protests, had become popular from the 2008 Amarnath land-row agitation in the Valley. And when the BJP workers used the same slogan against China, the video of protest went viral on social media.

Besides raising slogans against China in the protest led by BJP district president Mir Shafi in Kupwara, party workers were heard saying “China ragdo” while burning the effigy of Chinese President Xi Jinping.

The protestors also broke a Chinese made television set.

The video of the protest by a handful of BJP workers has gone viral on social media platforms namely Facebook and WhatsApp.

The BJP Kashmir unit had earlier staged an anti-China protest here on Friday and urged the people to boycott Chinese products.

“Let them (China) know that India is no longer the country which it used to be in 1965. From 1965, India has continuously strived and evolved as one of the powerful countries of the world. Our Army is capable enough to give a befitting reply to anyone trying to challenge the sovereignty of India,” said BJP media in-charge Manzoor Bhat.

Even as the BJP had never won an Assembly or Parliamentary election in the Valley, the party won over 100 seats in the 2018 Municipal elections amid a boycott by the National Conference and Peoples Democratic Party.