07-01-2008, 03:39 AM
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin--><b>But Cong blames ex-Guv Sinha for yatra turmoil </b>
Pioneer News Service | New DelhiÂ
As the Congress-led Jammu & Kashmir Government battled the Amarnath land transfer controversy, the party on Monday blamed former State Governor SK Sinha for the problem, suggesting he has a track record of fuelling problems.
<b>When asked about the role of Lt General (Retd) SK Sinha in the controversy, Congress spokesperson Jayanthi Natarajan said, "It is not the policy of Congress to make any strong comment about the constitutional office of Governor but wherever General Sinha has worked (earlier in Assam and now in J&K) there has always been a situation which stoked communal passions."
Natarajan was referring to Sinha's previous stint in Assam where in 1998 he had submitted a 42-page report to the President pointing out the increasing influx of Bangladeshi migrants in the Northeastern State. He had warned in his report that unless border fencing in the North-East, especially in Assam, was not undertaken seriously, the country's security could be in danger.
His report had said this increased immigration from Bangladesh might first lead to a demand for merger of North-East border areas with Bangladesh and ultimately could create a situation when Dhaka could cut off the region from the rest of the country. This report had created a furore in the State.</b>
The Congress referred to this decade-old controversy during Sinha's reign as Governor and tried to draw parallels to his stint in J&K. When asked why he had not been removed, Natarajan refused to answer.
The Congress blamed the BJP for communalising the situation in J&K, created after the Congress-PDP Government's decision to transfer 40 hectares of forestland to the Amarnath shrine board. The land transfer triggered widespread protests in Kashmir valley besides coalition partner PDP pulling out, reducing the Govt to a minority. Natarajan said, "The BJP is creating an atmosphere for a terrible communal flare-up. It is a blatant attempt by BJP to whip up communal passions."
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Congress is good in blaming who is right whether it is Lt Gen Sinha or Pandits.
Pioneer News Service | New DelhiÂ
As the Congress-led Jammu & Kashmir Government battled the Amarnath land transfer controversy, the party on Monday blamed former State Governor SK Sinha for the problem, suggesting he has a track record of fuelling problems.
<b>When asked about the role of Lt General (Retd) SK Sinha in the controversy, Congress spokesperson Jayanthi Natarajan said, "It is not the policy of Congress to make any strong comment about the constitutional office of Governor but wherever General Sinha has worked (earlier in Assam and now in J&K) there has always been a situation which stoked communal passions."
Natarajan was referring to Sinha's previous stint in Assam where in 1998 he had submitted a 42-page report to the President pointing out the increasing influx of Bangladeshi migrants in the Northeastern State. He had warned in his report that unless border fencing in the North-East, especially in Assam, was not undertaken seriously, the country's security could be in danger.
His report had said this increased immigration from Bangladesh might first lead to a demand for merger of North-East border areas with Bangladesh and ultimately could create a situation when Dhaka could cut off the region from the rest of the country. This report had created a furore in the State.</b>
The Congress referred to this decade-old controversy during Sinha's reign as Governor and tried to draw parallels to his stint in J&K. When asked why he had not been removed, Natarajan refused to answer.
The Congress blamed the BJP for communalising the situation in J&K, created after the Congress-PDP Government's decision to transfer 40 hectares of forestland to the Amarnath shrine board. The land transfer triggered widespread protests in Kashmir valley besides coalition partner PDP pulling out, reducing the Govt to a minority. Natarajan said, "The BJP is creating an atmosphere for a terrible communal flare-up. It is a blatant attempt by BJP to whip up communal passions."
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Congress is good in blaming who is right whether it is Lt Gen Sinha or Pandits.