08-18-2008, 05:11 PM
<span style='color:red'>Amar Singh was napping during discussions: SASS</span>
New Delhi (PTI): The Shri Amarnath Shrine Sangarsh Samiti (SASS) on Sunday claimed Samajwadi Party leader <b>Amar Singh was âactually sleepingâ during the discussions with the all-party delegation which visited Jammu and Kashmir recently.</b> âMany of the leaders who accompanied Home Minister Shivraj Patil as part of an all-party delegation to Jammu were just not interested in resolving the crisis. Amar Singh was actually taking a sleep when the talks were on,â SASS Convenor Leela Karan Sharma told reporters here.
<b>âI asked Amar Singh whether you had come here to sleep or listen to our grievances,â he said.</b> Sharma said the attitude of the delegation clearly pointed out to the lack of seriousness on the part of the Centre in addressing the demand of Jammu residents. Amar Singh was not immediately available for comments.
Clearing air from the allegations that the Samiti refused to speak to Muslim leaders during the visit by the delegation, Sharma said it was not a question about religion.
âWe had refused to speak to representatives of those party who are responsible for the revocation of the order to grant land. Incidentally, the parties in question were Congress, National Conference and PDP. It was again incidental that the representatives of these parties were Muslims and from Kashmir,â he said.
New Delhi (PTI): The Shri Amarnath Shrine Sangarsh Samiti (SASS) on Sunday claimed Samajwadi Party leader <b>Amar Singh was âactually sleepingâ during the discussions with the all-party delegation which visited Jammu and Kashmir recently.</b> âMany of the leaders who accompanied Home Minister Shivraj Patil as part of an all-party delegation to Jammu were just not interested in resolving the crisis. Amar Singh was actually taking a sleep when the talks were on,â SASS Convenor Leela Karan Sharma told reporters here.
<b>âI asked Amar Singh whether you had come here to sleep or listen to our grievances,â he said.</b> Sharma said the attitude of the delegation clearly pointed out to the lack of seriousness on the part of the Centre in addressing the demand of Jammu residents. Amar Singh was not immediately available for comments.
Clearing air from the allegations that the Samiti refused to speak to Muslim leaders during the visit by the delegation, Sharma said it was not a question about religion.
âWe had refused to speak to representatives of those party who are responsible for the revocation of the order to grant land. Incidentally, the parties in question were Congress, National Conference and PDP. It was again incidental that the representatives of these parties were Muslims and from Kashmir,â he said.