'BJP gave us publicity'

By Our Special Correspondent

KOZHIKODE, SEPT. 4. ``The BJP has given us good publicity,'' the visiting Hurriyat leader, Mr. Abdul Gani Lone, today said dismissing lightly the protests staged by the former during the visit of the two-member delegation of the All-Party Hurriyat Conference to Kerala.

Speaking at a reception arranged by the Confederation of Human Rights Organisations here, Mr. Lone said the BJP's show of protest was uncalled for. When the Hurriyat team returned home the more extremists elements among ``freedom fighters of Kashmir'' were certain have fun at their expense and probably say moderates like him rightly deserved such treatment.

The APHC leader also said the heavy police bandobust provided by the State Government had curtailed their movement.

The members of the APHC delegation had flight tickets from Bangalore to Thiruvananthapuram. Yet they were not issued boarding passes. Mr. Lone and his APHC friend Mr. Abdul Majeed Banday had to travel by road from Bangalore to Thiruvanathapuram.

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