"BJP is saffronising Jammu and Kashmir and Northeast for its vote bank politics. They have sent hordes of RSS men from country to valley and to this area," Azad told a public rally here in Ramban district of the state.
Flanked by AICC president Sonia Gandhi, Azad said "if they had sort votes it was ok--it would have been a symbol of brotherhood and unity. But they are here to destroy the fabric of brotherhood and communal harmony".
Maintaining that there was no differences between Hindus and Muslims in the region, the Congress leader said "India lives in these hills (of Chenab Valley) and ... In this Chenab valley there is a beautiful thing that there was no division between Hindu and Muslims".
He said "it was a mountain land cut off from Jammu and Kashmir as a paradise where peace and love was the foundation stone of this area," he said.
"But today I am sorry that in democracy that every political party has right to field a candidate to win by seeking votes, for the first time I have seen in this Chenab Valley that there are dozens of helicopters flying over it.
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