New Delhi: The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) on October 10 welcomed the results of the Assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir even while asserting that its agitation for the state's reorganisation including statehood to Jammu would continue and intensify in the coming days.

"It (the results) is a clear mandate against the National Conference. We welcome it," RSS joint spokesman Ram Madh˙av told reporters.

Asked about the poor performance of the RSS-backed Jammu State Morcha in the polls, he said, "The front was formed only in the second week of July. We had nothing at stake. Of the total nine seats we contested, we won one."

"The victory of four Panthers Party candidates, two Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidates, one Morcha nominee and three independents supporting our cause reflects the general acceptance of the demand for (Jammu) statehood," he said.

Madhav said with two supporting candidates from Ladakh as well "we will continue our agitation and intensify it both within and outside the Assembly".

He, however, admitted that, "people's priority has been to vote out the National Conference".

Criticising the People's Democratic Party (PDP) stand on holding dialogue with the militants, the RSS leader said, "They (PDP) should remember that people risked their lives and defied boycott calls to exercise their franchise. People have out rightly rejected the secessionists and challenged the terrorists."

PTI