JKNPP protests Centre's move

Jammu, June 20

The J&K National Panthers Party (JKNPP) on Sunday staged an anti-BJP protest here against alleged “Kashmir appeasement policy” of the Central Government by inviting majority of the Valley-based leaders in the scheduled all-party meeting next week. The JKNPP is among the invitees.

Party founder Bhim Singh said he would meet party leaders on Monday to decision about his participation.

A group of party activists, led by JKNPP chairman and former minister Harsh Dev Singh, burnt an effigy symbolising the BJP-led Central Government outside the party headquarters. “The government invited all Kashmir parties, but ignored the leadership of Jammu. Altaf Bukhari’s recently launched Apni Party and Sajjad Lone’s People’s Conference, which have yet to be recognised by the Election Commission of India, have got the invitation while only Bhim Singh was invited from Jammu,” Harsh Dev Singh said. — PTI