Admitting that he would not mind if the Amarnath shrine board was headed by Kashmiri Pandits, Farooq said: "You are talking about a piece of land when people in the Valley are talking about Azadi (Freedom)."

The Mirwaiz accused the media of playing the Centre's game by asking the APHC if they were planning to contest the forthcoming assembly elections. "We have already made it clear that we are not going to participate in the elections," Farooq said.

When asked whether the Pakistani government had prevented the Hurriyat delegation from participating in some events, the APHC chairman said incidents were being blown out of proportion by some vested interests.

Bharatiya Janata Party president Rajnath Singh had declared that his party would make the allotment of land and its subsequent withdrawal by the Gulam Nabi Azad government, a national issue. Senior party leaders will meet on Tuesday in New Delhi to decide the party's course of action on the issue.

"It must remain matter of huge concern that the newly-appointed Governor (NN Vohra) has gone by Azad's line, which is as dubious and decietful as it is communally-motivated. The BJP demands that Azad's government, which has become a national security risk, be thrown out and the state be placed under president's rule before the elections are held," R P Singh, J&K BJP leader told rediff.com.