Srinagar, May 1 (KINS): The Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP’s) J&K spokesman Altaf Thakur today said that a person arrested by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) for his links with the arrested DySP Devender Singh, was fired from the BJP in October 2018 and that he was never BJP’s Sarpanch as Panchayat polls were held on non-party basis.
In a statement issued to news agency KINS, Thakur said that the arrested person Tariq Ahmed Mir from South Kashmir, who was recently arrested by NIA for his links with the DySP Singh was terminated from the party in October 2018 for his anti-party activities. “The reports that he is a BJP Sarpanch are far from the reality as Panchayat polls were held on non-party basis in J&K. He urged media men to check facts before attributing someone’s affiliation with the BJP,” he said.
Thakur said that that BJP is a party of principles and clean people. “Every single person associated with the BJP has a clean track record and we don’t support people with militancy links or criminal records. The BJP stands for the people with transparent past, present and future,” he said.
He said the arrested person who joined BJP was immediately sacked after he was found involved in anti-party activities and indulging in acts that didn’t suit the party. “It is once again clarified that he was terminated and wasn’t associated with the BJP since October 2018. So his name shouldn’t be linked with the BJP anymore,” Thakur said.(KINS)
