BJP lawmakers demand aerial bombing of militant camps in PoK

Condemning Saturday’s attack on a CRPF convoy on Srinagar-Jammu national highway, ruling BJP lawmakers on Monday called for aerial bombing on militant camps in Pakistan-occupied-Kashmir (PoK).

As soon the proceedings in the Legislative Assembly began on Monday, BJP legislators shouting anti-Pakistan slogans demanded strict action against the neighbouring country.

Firebrand BJP MLA Ravindar Raina asked the government to attack “posts of Pakistan army on the border”. “Our security men are being continuously targeted. Attack the pickets of the Pakistan army so that they would stop targeting our security forces,” he demanded.

State BJP president and MLA Sat Paul Sharma said the Pampore attack should be thoroughly investigated. “Militants backed by Pakistan have intensified their attacks on security forces in the state. There should be a thorough investigation into the killing of CRPF men at Pampore,” he demanded. The BJP lawmakers also called for aerial bombing on militant camps in PoK. However, irrepressible legislator from north Kashmir Engineer Rashid countered them by demanding justice for five civilians killed in forces firing after the alleged molestation bid on a schoolgirl in Handwara in April.

“What are you demanding? It is your own government. Investigate yourself, why are you saying it here,” he told BJP legislators. He claimed that rise in militancy was because of the “RSS government” in the state.

Meanwhile, opposition National Conference legislators walked out of the Lower House, alleging discrimination with Kashmir Valley over IIM and IIT establishments.