No emissary sent to Geelani to discuss Kashmir issue: BJP

New Delhi, Apr 18: BJP tonight denied that its Prime Ministerial candidate Narendera Modi had sent emissaries to meet

's separatist leader Syed Ali Shah

to create a "soft corner" by making a commitment to seek a solution to the Kashmir issue.

Rejecting such claims by Geelani as "mischievous" and without any basis, the party said in a statement that no emissary has either try to meet or had met Geelani to discuss the Kashmir issue.

The statement said, the BJP's stand that Jammu and Kashmir was an integral part of India was very clear and there was no room for deliberations on this.

The party had time and again condemned the negative role played by leaders such as Geelani "whose politics is a threat to the aspirations of the people of Jammu and Kashmir", the statement said.

PTI