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| Relentless campaign, not press statements, the way | | Panthers & Jammu Issue | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, Nov 2: Newly-appointed chairman of Panthers Party (JKNPP) Harsh Dev Singh yesterday again raked up the issue of discrimination with people of Jammu Pradesh and urged the NC-Congress coalition government to adopt an all-inclusive approach so that people of all the three regions of the state get what they legitimately deserve as citizens of the state. This time he raised the issue of employment. His refrain was that the state government has not been paying due attention to the problem facing the youth of the state. He, in addition, accused the authorities of adopting step-motherly treatment towards the youth of Jammu Pradesh and Ladakh region and demanded a fair share for them in the vital service sector. To make his point he referred to several credible figures.
It was not for the first time that Singh raised the issue of unemployment in Jammu and demanded equal share, if not more, for the neglected youth of Jammu and Ladakh. He had been doing so since years now, especially before 2002, when he became part of the PDP-led coalition government, and after January 2009, when the NC formed coalition government with the Congress in the state. Besides, he raked up the issue of discrimination in the assembly umpteen times, but without evoking any positive response from the concerned authorities. The reasons were obvious.
One of the reasons was the failure of the JKNPP and similar other outfits, which claimed that they were Jammu-centric, to adopt a right methodology to achieve the objective. It, like other outfits, thought it prudent to issue press statements or hold press conferences on occasions and that's all. Neither the JKNPP nor similar other Jammu-based political formations launched a relentless and result-oriented campaign in the region to not only mobilize public opinion against the "biased and vindictive" government but also to force the concerned authorities to see reason and mitigate the hardships of the neglected youth of Jammu and Ladakh or to force the authorities to adopt state-centric policies so that the people of these two regions obtained their due share in the state's socio-economic and political processes.
It is indeed surprising that the JKNPP continues to take recourse to the methodology it consistently followed after its formation way back in 1982 overlooking the fact that it has not produced the desired results. If the JKNPP leadership really wishes to serve the cause of people of Jammu Pradesh it has to adopt some radical approach. The best course for it would be to launch a relentless campaign to achieve what the party's agendas 2011 and 2012 hinted at. The agendas 2011 and 2011 had, among other things, demanded reorganization of the state and separate Chief Minister and separate Assembly. Everyone in Jammu is aware of the fact that the JKNPP leadership has not taken any step whatsoever to implement its agendas, which were quite impressive, achievable and workable.
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