Halt talks with Hurriyat: BJP

Jammu, Feb 2 (PTI) Demanding immediate arrest of thekillers of the two teenaged sisters in Sopore, the BJP todayopposed any talks with the Hurriyat Conference or militantgroups till they accept the writ of the government.

"All talks with Hurriyat and militants should bestopped immediately unless and until government writ isaccepted," BJP spokesperson Ramesh Arora said here whilecalling for a crackdown on militant outfits.

"Talks and negotiations are meant for peace lovingcitizens and for those who have faith in the Constitution andnot for extremists," he said.

The party said that merely condemning or expressingconcern over such tragic episodes is not sufficient. "It isduty of the state government to arrest all culpritsimmediately without further delay to restore confidence amongmasses."

The party said that "it is of grave concern that humanright activists are not coming out of their caves to condemnbrutal incident.

"Militants are killers, killers and killers only,without any ideology and sympathy for humanity," Arora said.

Meanwhile, the BJP condemned the statement of UnionHealth Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad in which he had said that anRSS man was responsible for Mahatama Gandhi''s assassination.

"After assassination of Gandhi a commission, which wasconstituted to inquire into the incident, had said that therewere no links of RSS with Gandhi''s killing," former statepresident of BJP and member of National Executive Nirmal Singhsaid.

He said that "before levelling charges against the RSSthe Congress should remember the massacre of hundreds ofinnocent Sikhs in 1984" and take action against the leadersinvolved in the riots.