Detained former CMs of J&K inciting people to take up guns: Ram Madhav

SRINAGAR: Ram Madhav, national general secretary of the BJP, on Sunday obliquely charged all former CMs as among those detained politicians who were sending messages — by word of mouth — to the people of the Valley to pick up guns and make sacrifices.
Madhav, who addressed a well-attended convention of the BJPs youth wing at Tagore Hall in Srinagar on Sunday, implicated the former CMs, but did not name Farooq Abdullah, Omar Abdullah, and Mehbooba Mufti.
“Nepotism and family rule has been the main reason for violence and, now, the need of the hour is new leadership. BJP is ready to create new leadership,” Madhav said. “These politicians should first make sacrifices themselves and then ask others to do so,” he said.
Madhav said the new administration would run on the premise of “ sab ka saath, sab ka vikas” (taking everyone along the path of progress).
“There will now be only two paths for J&K— peace and development and whosoever comes in between will be dealt with sternly. If detaining 200-300 people helps maintain peace, then let them stay there for a little longer. Anyone harming peace process in J&K will be jailed. We can detain 300-400 more people for the new system and there are many jails for such people in India,” Madhav said.
Talking about employment in J&K, Madhav rubbished speculations that the dilution of Article 370 would lead to loss of jobs for local youth.
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