Controversial BJP leader Lal Singh Chaudhary, who was forced to resign in April as a minister in the Mehbooba Mufti government that fell this week, threatened Kashmiri journalists of a Shujaat-like incident, referring to the recent murder of Rising Kashmir editor Shujaat Bukhari.
Addressing a press conference at Jammu, he accused Kashmir바카라s journalists of creating a 바카라vicious atmosphere바카라 in the Valley and elsewhere in the border state. 바카라I warn them to draw a line in their journalism. They have to see how they want to live. Whether they want to live like Basharat.... See what happened to him,바카라 he said.
While Chaudhary mouthed it as Basharat, he apparently meant Bukhari, going by the circumstance. Basharat and Shujaat are brothers바카라the former having been a minister (of law) in the PDP-BJP government that collapsedon Tuesday. Shujaat Bukhari was shot dead outside his Srinagar office on June 14 by unidentified men in an act the police described as 바카라terror바카라.
Giving a hint at it, legislator Chaudhary on Friday asked Kashmiri journalists to 바카라behave yourself바카라 to 바카라ensure brotherhood, progress and development바카라. The clipping of his statement has gone viral in the Valley.
바카라Outrageous,바카라 said the National Conference, condemning the remarks of 59-year-old Chaudhary, who was forest minister in the Mehbooba Cabinet from where he was forced out this summer for alleged support to a public demand for a CBI inquiry into the rape and murder of an eight-year-old Kathua girl early this year. The party asked the police to take cognisance of the 바카라threatening바카라 statement. 바카라We hope the law isn바카라t subverted,바카라 an NC spokesman said.
The Congress, too, flayed the MLA바카라s threat to journalists. It was 바카라shocking and reprehensible바카라, according to national spokesperson Randeep Singh Surjewala.
At the state level, the party바카라s Salman Anees Soz said he was 바카라not surprised바카라 by Chaudhary바카라s behaviour. 바카라He knows that in the BJP, the more vile you are the better your leadership prospects. He is trying to become a top leader of the Jammu BJP. This is what the BJP has to offer J&K.바카라
Chaudhary is not new to controversies. In 2016, he threatened a delegation of the state바카라s Gujjar farmers by reminding them of the 1947 massacre of Muslims in Jammu region following Partition. The leader later said he was referring to the 바카라temperature바카라.
This spring, his brother Rajinder Singh abused Mehbooba Mufti when she was the chief minister. At a rally in Hiranagar that was also addressed by Chaudhary, Singh, who too supported the accused in the Kathua crime, had started protests and marches in Jammu against the PDP-BJP government바카라s stand in the case. Singh too was demanding the CBI probe in Kathua rape and murder.
Ever since his sacking (along with Chaudhary) from the Mehbooba ministry, Singh has tried to project himself as a Jammu leader, hitting out at everyone, including PDP leader Mehbooba and his own BJP leaders. In fact, in the recent past, he has taken out at least 25 rallies, where the leader would accuse BJP colleagues of 바카라surrendering to Kashmir-centric leaders and separatists바카라.
Singh had also, on March 1, addressed a rally of the far-right Hindu Ekta Manch, which was formed in Jammu in protest against the arrest of the accused in the Kathua case.
As the Crime Branch investigation revealed that the eight-year-old girl was held captive, drugged, beaten up and repeatedly raped from January 10 to 15, public rage grew against Chaudhary and another minister Chander Prakash Ganga for addressing that Jammu rally. Ganga had told the gathering that the Crime Branch had created a 바카라jungle raj바카라 in the area, while Chaudhary had said, 바카라One girl has been killed here now, but they don바카라t realise many women have gone missing since 1947.바카라
