The Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BYJM) is demanding that Pakistan-occupied Kashmir be returned to India.
The BJP, which has always opposed the autonomous status given to Kashmir, has now decided to take the mission forward through its youth brigade under the leadership of BJYM president Anurag Thakur and general secretary Poonam Mahajan.
A large-scale campaign titled India First will be launched across the country from September 17 to push for this mission and to generate awareness on complex issues like militancy in the valley.
Before the launch, a two-day training programme and a national executive meeting will be held at Rambhau Mhalgi Prabodhini, a convention centre in Bhayander (West), from September 12 to 14. The top leadership of the BJP will guide and outline the plans for the youth wing.
Thakur said, “We are demanding that PoK and the northern territory should remain a part of India. We will mobilise public support to take the matter to its logical end. If required, we will take lakhs of people to Kashmir to echo our demand.”
The programme will be inaugurated by former human resources development minister Murli Manohar Joshi along with journalist P Sainath and writer Chetan Bhagat. BJP president Nitin Gadkari will address the conclave on September 14.
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