Sounding a sharp alarm over what they alleged were growing incidents of ‘Love Jihad’, a delegation led by top BJP leader and former deputy chief Minister Dr Nirmal Singh met Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha here and demanded his immediate intervention to curb such incidents in the Billawar and Basohli areas of the Kathua district.
The BJP delegation brought to the LG’s notice the “indifference and inefficiency” of the local police in tackling these dangerous issues.
Singh wrote on X, “We discussed the rising cases of Love Jihad, drugs, terrorism & bovine smuggling in Basohli-Billawar, & most importantly, the indifference & inefficiency of the local police in tackling these dangerous issues”.
The delegation included the district development committee member, Bikram Andotra, Neeru Rajput, and youth leader Mohit Gupta.
They also impressed upon the LG the necessity of raising the maximum age limit for open merit aspirants appearing in the J&K Combined Civil Services examination.
This is the first time that a top BJP leader in J&K has questioned the law and order situation in the Union Territory and pointed out “inefficiency” of the police that functions directly under Home Minister Amit Shah.
It is worth mentioning that the Billawar area has witnessed a rise in terror incidents in the recent past.
Movement of terrorists has been reported from time to time in the area.
Earlier, five soldiers, including a Junior Commissioned Officer (JCO), were killed in a terror ambush and as many were injured a few months ago in the Billawar area.
Thereafter, the throat-slit bodies of three relatives – including a minor boy – who were on their way to attend a marriage were found near a waterfall in the area.