Dr Jitendra Singh

Jammu, June 10: Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh on Friday stated that he was “deeply disturbed” by the “unpleasant situation” that developed in Bhaderwah town of Jammu and Kashmir’s Doda district on Thursday.

After a curfew was imposed and the army was called in to conduct a flag march in the area, Dr. Jitendra Singh on Friday took to Twitter and made a “humble appeal” to the heads of communities to “sit together to maintain the traditional harmony for which the beautiful town of Bhaderwah has always been known for”.

Singh’s remarks came in the wake of protests that erupted over the desecration of a Hindu temple in the Doda region.