The saffron party also announced that it would support the protest.
"Both VHP and BAJ have communicated to us that they have called a Jammu bandh on May 8 in protest against the situation created by Taliban in frontier region of Pakistan," BJP spokesperson Ramesh Arora told reporters here.
The BJP state unit has decided to support the bandh, he said.
Taliban have forced several Sikh families to leave their homes in Aurakzai region after they failed to pay Rs 50 million as 'jaziya' (tax imposed on non-Muslims under Shariah law).
He said the bandh was called as an appeal to the Central government to exert pressure on Pakistan to "crush the nefarious activities of the Taliban".
(Published 06 May 2009, 12:14 IST)
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