Centre should take steps to root out militancy in J&K: RSS

With Kashmir facing violent protests following killing of Hizbul commander Burhan Wani, RSS today said the Centre should make efforts to completely root out militancy in Jammu and Kashmir and offered support to the Union government at every step taken in this regard.
"We support the Centre's stand against terrorism in Jammu Kashmir. Efforts should be made to completely root out militancy in the state. Separatist sentiments in Kashmir are not related to human rights.
"People should not make hero of those who are against the country," senior pracharak Dattatreya Hosabale said on the sidelines of the annual meeting of RSS' regional pracharaks here.

"Yakub Memon and Afzal Guru were punished according to the law of the land. Those who are protesting their hanging do not subscribe to the Indian Constitution or the country's law. The Centre is doing what it should do to eradicate terrorism and we support it at every step," he said.
Asked about the alleged exodus of Hindus from Kairana in Uttar Pradesh and that of Kashmiri Pandits from Kashmir during the peak of militancy in the state, he said: "It was RSS that had raised the issue of exodus of Kashmiri Pandits from the Valley. The Sangh is against any such mass departure of Hindus from any part of the country."

On who should be BJP's chief ministerial candidate in Uttar Pradesh polls due next year, Hosabale said RSS has not role to play in the elections.
The Kashmir Valley has been witnessing violent protests over the killing of Wani by security forces on July 8. 38 people have been killed in the unrest in the Valley.