Shiv Sena backs Bhagwat's 'no need to find Shivling in every mosque' comment

The Shiv Sena on Friday supported RSS chief Mohan Bhagwats comment that there was no need to find a Shivling in every mosque and start a new dispute every day and added that the focus should be instead on how to save the lives of Kashmiri PanditsIn a searing attack on the BJPled Union government Sena leader and MP Sanjay Raut also said that in view of Kashmiri Pandits once again fleeing from the Valley Kashmir Files 2 should be made to show who is responsible for their current plightPrime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah had supported the film The Kashmir Files which helped its producer earn Rs 400500 crore but the situation of Kashmiri Pandits did not change he saidI support his Bhagwats statement This daily chaos should end or else it will hurt the country Instead of looking for a Shiv Ling we should think of how we can save the lives of Kashmirishow the lives of Kashmiri Pandits can be saved he saidOn Thursday Bhagwat had said the Gyanvapi mosqueKashi Vishwanath temple dispute in Varanasi involved some issues of faith and the courts decision on it should be accepted by all but also there was no need to find a Shiv Ling in every mosque and start a new dispute every dayRaut meanwhile dubbed the situation in Jammu and Kashmir as really serious noting that Union Home minister Amit Shah held an emergency meeting with Lt Governor Manoj Sinha over the developmentsThe government is making efforts but the situation is returning to what it was in 1990 when Kashmiri Pandits fled the Valley en masse the Shiv Sena MP saidVijay Kumar a 29yearold bank manager from Rajasthan was shot dead by a terrorist of the banned LashkareTaiba organization inside his office in South Kashmirs Kulgam district on Thursday making it the eighth targeted killing in the Kashmir Valley since May 1 and the third of a nonMuslim government employeeThe BJP got votes by promising resettlement of Kashmiri Pandits in the Valley but despite the scrapping of the Article 370 there was no change in the situation on the ground Raut claimedKashmiri Pandits were being targeted and killed and the government is not taking any steps to provide security he allegedHad there been a government of any other party the BJP would have made it a big issue Raut saidBut the Prime minister the Home minister and the administration in Kashmir belong to you the BJP but still Kashmiri Pandits are being killed he saidEarlier in the day Shiv Sena MP Priyanka Chaturvedi wrote to Shah demanding that security should be provided to Hindus and migrants in the Kashmir ValleyThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever