Indian Flag hoisting march suspended in Kashmir

NFY accuses BJP of double standard

Lesser known organization ‘Youth For Nation’ that was mulling to hoist Indian flag at historic Lal Chowk Clock Tower in Srinagar city on May 16 at 11:30 am, Friday said due to ‘callous attitude’ of the Jammu and Kashmir Government it has suspended its ‘flag hoisting march.’

Accusing BJP of double standard, the organization head Nirman Deep Singh told CNS that this party did not provide them permission and informed them, “our act can hurt the sentiments of Kashmiri people.”

“Our organization did not blame PDP but it was BJP that forced us to call off our flag hoisting march. It was the same BJP when its youth leader Anurag Thakur in 2013 started a march from Jammu to hoist Indian flag in Srinagar. That time BJP was out of power and could not succeed in its march as the then government did not permit them. Now the same party which is now in power did not permit us and this has exposed it,” he said.

“I am surprised that the same leaders who encouraged us for May 16 march stopped us and got us arrested few days back,” Singh said, however refused to name the people backing his organization.

He revealed that hundreds of activists had arrived in Jammu to participate in the flag hoisting march. “These activists had come from Panjab, West Bengal, Haryana, Maharashtra, UP, West Bengal. We have now suspended our march now and they will return back to their native places,” he said adding that Indian ‘patriots’ are shocked to know that government didn’t allow Indian tricolor to get unfurled at historic Lal Chowk. (CNS)