BJP slams Indo-Pak JWG agreement

Jammu, Dec 25 (UNI) The Jammu and Kashmir unit of BJP has expressed apprehensions about the India-Pakistan agreement signed on December 22 on forming a Joint Working Group (JWG) on governance, saying it will not be in the interests of nation.

Briefing mediapersons here, BJP spokesman Prof Hari Om said, ''Why should New Delhi share it's sovereignty with Islamabad?'' Quoting the Pakistani daily 'Dawn' as saying the agreement would help both the countries to strenghthen their local government system, the BJP leader said the step is certainly against the interests of the nation.

''India is facing a threat within, and General Musharaff's proposals are not his own but Indian politicians are putting them in his mouth,'' he said.

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