Govt won't allow 'anti-national' elements to vitiate J-K atmosphere: BJP MP

August 13, 2016 16:50

Voicing concern over the spillover of the Kashmir unrest to various parts of Jammu region, BJP MP Jugal Kishore Sharma today said the government will take measures to prevent "anti-national" elements from vitiating the atmosphere in the region.

"The forces, which are trying to disrupt the peace in Jammu and Kashmir, get support from Pakistan and they don't want to see peace in the state.

"Now they are trying to vitiate the atmosphere in Jammu region's Kishtwar, Doda, Poonch and Rajouri but the government will not allow them to succeed," Sharma, MP from Jammu-Poonch, said.

Sharma hoped the ongoing unrest in Kashmir valley would end soon and that peace and normalcy would be restored in the region.

"The Centre and the state government are serious about restoring peace and normalcy in Kashmir and it was made clear in yesterdays All Party Meeting on Kashmir," he said.

A magistrate, an SSP and three other police officers were among 47 people injured yesterday in stone pelting in Doda district of Jammu region.

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