Satya Pal Malik is BJP’s Governor: Dr Farooq
Calls for unity to fight against ‘adverse forces’
Srinagar: Member of Parliament and National Conference (NC) President, Dr Farooq Abdullah Saturday said that the incumbent Governor of Jammu and Kashmir Satya Pal Malik was the “man of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)”.
Talking to reporters after paying floral tributes to the martyrs of 13 July, 1931 here, the former chief minister said that Malik was the ‘BJP’s Governor, how can he come here?” when asked about the governors’ absence from the official function on the occasion.
Asked about the assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir, Dr Farooq said that sooner or later, elections will take place in the State.
Farooq called for unity among the people to defeat the “inimical forces”.
“Everybody is being pressurized. Even newspapers are being pressurized as their advertisements are being stopped. The unity among the people irrespective f their party affiliations is must to fight against this pressure. We can only come out from this pressure through unity,” he said.
Earlier, Farooq paid floral tributes to the martyrs of 13 July, 1931. He was accompanied by MP Hasnain Masoodi, NC General Secretary Ali Muhammad Sagar, former finance minister Abdul Rahim Rather, Salman Sagar and others.
He also highlighted the sacrifices of the martyrs killed on this day in 1931.
July 13 is observed as Martyrs Day in Jammu and Kashmir to remember those killed in the firing outside the Srinagar Central Jail by forces of the Dogra Maharaja in 1931.
The state government observes the day to honour those who fought for Independence in 1947. It is a public holiday in the state.
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