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SRINAGAR: BJP's Jammu and Kashmir spokesman Altaf Thakur launched a scathing attack on PCC chief Tariq Hameed Karra, calling his announced hunger strike for the restoration of statehood nothing more than a personal weight-loss mission inspired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Fit India campaign. “Let’s be honest — this hunger strike isn’t about statehood. It’s Tariq Karra finally following PM Modi’s anti-obesity mantra: ‘Fit India, Hit India’. If skipping meals for headlines is the new Congress strategy, they might as well call it a fitness campaign,” Thakur quipped while addressing media in Srinagar.
Thakur dismissed Karra’s move as a publicity stunt, saying the Congress leader was “trying to stay politically relevant by starving himself — not for the people, but for the cameras.” He emphasized that statehood for Jammu and Kashmir is a serious issue and not something that can be restored on the whims of political theatrics or token protests.
“The restoration of statehood is on the Government of India’s agenda — but it will happen at a constitutionally appropriate time, not on the dictates of failed political opportunists,” Thakur said. Taking a further jab, Thakur added, “Congress leaders should first go on a truth fast — stop feeding people with emotional drama and political gimmicks. What Karra is doing is less about rights and more about likes.”
He said the people of Jammu and Kashmir have moved on from politics of empty symbolism and want real development, peace and progress. “If Karra wants to help the people, he should work on the ground, not stage hollow spectacles. Jammu and Kashmir needs leadership, not theatrics,” Thakur concluded. The biting statement from the BJP leader has added fuel to an already heated political climate in the Union Territory, as parties jostle for relevance ahead of anticipated electoral announcements.
