<p>“This is a provocative act,” said Technical Education, Youth Services and Sports Minister R.S. Chib, while talking to media on the sidelines of a function at Ranbirsinghpora, a border town about 30 km from Jammu.<br /><br />He justified National Conference (NC) leader and Chief Minister Omar Abdullah’s tough action against the BJP. <br /><br />Six BJP activists were arrested in Srinagar Saturday. Police have started arresting BJP activists carrying national flags or any material related to the march.<br />The NC and the Congress are partners in the state government.<br /><br />Chib was speaking on BJP's "Rashtriya Ekta Yatra" which is scheduled to enter Jammu and Kashmir Monday and unfurl the national flag in Srinagar.<br /><br />“The BJP’s yatra will provoke the people in Kashmir and that can deteriorate the situation in the Valley,” Chib said.<br /><br />Chib's party and cabinet colleague, Health Minister Sham Lal Sharma too lashed out at the BJP for its plan. He said that this was a "political stunt".<br /><br />Kashmiri separatists have given a call to foil the plans of the BJP. Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front has given a call for “Lal Chowk chalo” (march to Lal Chowk) to show “Kashmiris’ anger against the (BJP) yatra”.</p>
<p>“This is a provocative act,” said Technical Education, Youth Services and Sports Minister R.S. Chib, while talking to media on the sidelines of a function at Ranbirsinghpora, a border town about 30 km from Jammu.<br /><br />He justified National Conference (NC) leader and Chief Minister Omar Abdullah’s tough action against the BJP. <br /><br />Six BJP activists were arrested in Srinagar Saturday. Police have started arresting BJP activists carrying national flags or any material related to the march.<br />The NC and the Congress are partners in the state government.<br /><br />Chib was speaking on BJP's "Rashtriya Ekta Yatra" which is scheduled to enter Jammu and Kashmir Monday and unfurl the national flag in Srinagar.<br /><br />“The BJP’s yatra will provoke the people in Kashmir and that can deteriorate the situation in the Valley,” Chib said.<br /><br />Chib's party and cabinet colleague, Health Minister Sham Lal Sharma too lashed out at the BJP for its plan. He said that this was a "political stunt".<br /><br />Kashmiri separatists have given a call to foil the plans of the BJP. Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front has given a call for “Lal Chowk chalo” (march to Lal Chowk) to show “Kashmiris’ anger against the (BJP) yatra”.</p>