Shiv Sena, Bajrang Dal show her black flags at airport

Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) president Mehbooba Mufti was shown black flags at the Jammu airport on Thursday by local Shiv Sena and Rashtriya Bajrang Dal activists protesting against her remarks on the national flag.

The activists asked the former Chief Minister to go back and threatened to disrupt law and order here if she was allowed to carry forward her Gupkar agenda in Jammu.

Led by youth leaders Rakesh Kumar and Manish Kumar, the Shiv Sena Sena and Rashtriya Bajrang Dal activists blocked the road on the Jammu airport and showed black flags on her arrival.

However, the police later cleared the road to facilitate passage of Mufti.

Amid chants of “Mehbooba Mufti hai hai” and “Mehbooba go back”, the activists, including women, appealed to Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha not to allow the meeting of the Gupkar alliance in Jammu on November 7.

The Gupkar alliance was formed on October 15 for restoration of special status of the erstwhile state and also to initiate a dialogue between all the stakeholders on the issue.

“We will not allow it to happen. We will go there and hold protests. No anti-India meeting will be held on the soil of Jammu,” Shiv Sena leader Manish Kumar told reporters.

Mufti’s visit to Jammu could disturb the law and order situation and it was up to the government to take a call to ensure no meeting took place here, he said.

Rashtriya Bajrang Dal head Rakesh Kumar also said they would not allow the meeting of the Gupkar alliance to take place in Jammu.

“She has come here today with the Gupkar agenda. We will not allow it here. We warn all those who will take part in their Gupkar agenda,” Rakesh Kumar said.

He hit out at Mufti for her remarks on the national flag. — PTI

Courtesy: Daily Tribune: 5th November 2020