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Activists in Jammu and Kashmir vowed to intensify their struggle in the ongoing tussle over a controversial land transfer to the Shri Amarnath Shrine Board (SASB).
Jammu, July 10 : Activists in Jammu and Kashmir vowed to intensify their struggle in the ongoing tussle over a controversial land transfer to the Shri Amarnath Shrine Board (SASB).
Members of the Baba Amarnath Sangharsh Samiti, one of the organisations spearheading the agitation demanding land for building temporary shelters, along with BJP activists on Wednesday started an indefinite sit-in outside the Governor's House.
The activists demanded immediate removal of the state Governor NN Vohra and restoration of the land to Amarnath Shrine Board.
"We want the Governor to be expelled. We believe that he will be partial towards one side. So, we want a new governor in his place," said Ashok Khajuria, BJP's state president.
They also said they would continue the struggle till the land was restored.
"This struggle is a first step towards our goal and we have achieved success in our first step. Till the Amarnath land is given back to the shrine board, such struggle would continue not only in Jammu, but in other parts of the country as well," said Darshan Bharti, member of the committee.
On Monday, Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad resigned ahead of a vote of confidence on the floor of the State Assembly, as he didn''t have the requisite numbers in the Assembly.
If the PDP had not issued a whip to its members, there was a chance of some members supporting the government. But after the PDP issued a whip, it became unlikely. Therefore, Ghulam Nabi Azad had to resign.
The Azad government was reduced to a minority last month after the PDP withdrew its support.The term of the State Government was to expire on November 2.
The Congress has 21 members in the 87-member strong State Assembly, and is backed by two CPM MLAs and eight Independents. The PDP had 18 MLAs and its support was crucial for running the government.
Governor Vohra had summoned a special session of the State Assembly following the withdrawal of support by the PDP.
The PDP, which entered into a power sharing agreement with the Congress and an assortment of Independent MLAs following a hung verdict in the 2002 polls, pulled out from the Congress-led government on June 28.
ANI
