BJP to cash in on land issue in Kashmir elections

The party hopes to win over the Hindu vote bank in Jammu.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amarnath_land_transfer_imbroglio

Kashmir protests

Six people were killed and 100 injured when police fired into a crowd in Srinagar protesting the transfer of forest land. Separatist JKLF (R) organized a march to the controversial land in Baltal. The death of a JKLF(R) activist in a fire opened by the Security Forces became the flash point for protests in the Kashmir valley region. Senior separatist leaders Shabir Ahmad Shah, Syed Ali Shah Geelani and Mirwaiz Omar Farooq, leaders of the All Parties Hurriyat Conference (APHC), which planned the protests, were placed under house arrest. Throughout the Srinigar area, most public buildings, including schools and government offices, and many businesses, have remained closed.

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