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Curb ISIS with iron hand in JK: BJP

Press Trust of India  |  Jammu 

Condemning the killing of 39 Indians by in Iraq, the unit of the BJP today said the emergence of the terror group in needs to be curbed with iron hand.

Speaking with mediapersons, BJP's state said the disclosure that a youth from Telangana who was recently killed in an encounter had come to as an fighter should act as an eye-opener for those who refuse to acknowledge the presence of in

"The emergence of in needs to be curbed with an iron hand. The government can no longer afford to remain in denial mode," Gupta said.

On February 27, shortly after it was revealed that MD Toufeeq was an operative, the Centre sought to downplay the issue of the presence of the dreaded terror group in Jammu and Kashmir, saying it had no existence in the Valley.

"There is no or manpower of the IS (ISIS) in the Valley. It does not exist in the Valley," a had said while reacting to a statement of the terror group claiming responsibility for the killing of a in the Valley.

Gupta said that terror groups and have agreed to bury their differences and unite with "Universal Jihad" as their common goal.

"has been selected as launch pad for 'Ghazwa-e-Hind', a prophesied battle in which Muslim armies would invade Indian subcontinent and would be victorious and will establish Islamic law in the subcontinent," he said.

Gupta said was "disintegrated, but not over".

"Rather than verticals, it is working as a linear organisation with cells operating in different parts of the world, including is an ideology very alien to us. It is barbaric, ruthless, and non-compromising," he said.

Gupta said that Army advocated peace with other neighbours but with it was conditional to resolution of the outstanding issue.

".. meaning it would continue to support terror in Kashmir," he said.

"The recent theatrics of in which it called back its followed by announcement to boycott WTO Conference in was a desperate attempt to divert the tremendous international pressure following the FATF decision to place it on grey list," he said.

Having failed to achieve the desired aim, Gupta said, resorted to the old technique of unprovoked ceasefire violations at the LoC and targeting civilian residential areas killing five members of a family in district on Sunday.

"A barbaric act similar to fighters. Army has no value for human lives and shares the same ideology of ISIS," he said.

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First Published: Wed, March 21 2018. 17:05 IST
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