Rajnath tells Patil to stand firm on allotment of land to SASB

New Delhi, Jun 27 (UNI) BJP President Rajnath Singh spoke to Home Minister Shivraj Patil on telephone today to discuss the protests against the land allotment to Shri Amarnath Shrine Board in Jammu and Kashmir.

Party sources said the BJP President urged the Home Minister that the land allotted for building infrastructure for Amarnath pilgrims should not be cancelled at all costs.

Expressing concern over the protests, the BJP President is understood to have told Mr Patil that the proposed construction of facilities on the forest land near Sonmarg and Pahalgam should not stop and the Centre should direct the Jammu and Kashmir Government to stand firm on the land allotment.

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