‘We wanted to celebrate accession day, give message to Mehbooba, Omar only national flag will remain in Kashmir’

Srinagar, Oct 26: Jammu and Kashmir police Monday detained three BJP leaders from Kupwara who tried to raise the tricolor at the Clock tower, Lal Chowk, Srinagar, this morning, officials said.

Sources said, three BJP leaders from the party’s  Kupwara unit reached Lal Chowk, near clock tower ( Ghanta Ghar) this morning that include party spokesman from Kupwara Mir Basharat, and two other leaders—Mir Ishfaq and Akhtar Khan.

Speaking to a local news agency ahead of their detention, BPJ spokesman for Kupwara, Mir Basharat said they came to  Lal Chowk to hoist the Tricolour to send a message to members of Peoples Alliance for Gupkar declaration that only the national flag will remain in Kashmir. “Today we came to celebrate the day when Maharaja Hari Singh signed the instrument of accession with the Centre.

Our message is for Mehbooba Mufti, Omar Abdullah, and all other members of PAGD, that only tricolor will be unfurled in Kashmir,” he said.

Police, however, swung into action and detained all three BJP leaders. ” They have been lodged in police station Kothibagh,” a police official said.