Senior BJP leader Yashwant Sinha has demanded that entire Jharkhand should be immediately be declared as famine hit area. He demanded setting up of a Famine Relief Committee under the Governor in which all the MPs from the state and representatives from different political parties be included. He said two consecutive years of drought has made the situation very critical for the farmers. Left parties and Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (JVM) have also demanded declaring the entire Jharkhand as famine hit. Yaswant Sinha also alleged that Kashmir situation was allowed to go out of hand, as the separatists and the pro Pakistani elements of the valley were not tackled properly.