Jammu, Jan 11: Extending support to Rahul Gandhi’s Bharat Jodo Yatra (BJY), the Dogra Swabhiman Sangathan Party and the Jammu and Kashmir unit of Shiv Sena Wednesday announced they will join the march when it enters Jammu and Kashmir next week.
A DSSP spokesperson said that at a meeting, the party unanimously decided to accord a warm welcome to the Bharat Jodo Yatra on reaching Kathua district from Punjab on January 20.
Singh asked all like-minded parties to support the yatra and defeat the “nefarious designs of enemies” within and outside the country.
“The DSSP which is heading the Municipal Council Kathua will accord a warm welcome to the Bharat Jodo Yatra on behalf of all Dogras of Jammu. The forces hell bent upon to break the secular fabric of Jammu and Kashmir needs to be defeated,” he said.
Earlier, the president of the J-K unit of Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray), Manish Sahni lauded Gandhi for the march and appealed to people to join it in huge numbers to give a “befitting reply to those who do politics of hatred and religion”.
“We will welcome and join the Bharat Jodo Yatra on its arrival in the city of temples as per the instructions of party’s national secretary and MP Anil Desai. In this era of despair and hatred, the Yatra which is carrying the message of brotherhood is most needed in the country, especially in Jammu and Kashmir,” he told reporters here.
Sahni charged that religion and casteism are being resorted to to divert public attention from various important issues like unemployment, inflation and economic distress.
He added that terrorist attacks on minorities have witnessed a spurt over the past couple of years. (PTI)
