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| Ashwani challenges Congress, NC, BJP from his home turf | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Feb 16: Challenging various political parties to defeat him in Assembly elections, the member of Legislative Assembly (MLA) Bishnah, Ashwani Kumar Sharma has started his election campaign from his home town Bishnah.
"In 2008, there were 27 candidates in the fray for Bishnah, but no one could beat me. Now, well it be 57 instead of 27 during Assembly elections, I will emerge as winner," Sharma said, while addressing a "Maha Rally"at Bishnah today.
He launched a massive attack on both Congress, National Conference (NC) and Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) for befooling people in the name of development and only showing faces when elections come nearer. "For five years, they remain busy with their personal work and when elections come nearer, they try to show garden to people by using propaganda," Sharma said.
He reiterated his demand for separate statehood for Jammu. "Only solution to the problems of discrimination faced by Jammu is grant of statehood to the region. Jammu state Morcha will intensify struggle to get the separate state for Jammu and solve the problems of refugees and border migrants." Counting his achievements for past 11 years as legislator, he said that with the commissioning of two grid stations of 2x50 MVA at Partap Singh Pura, the electricity scenario in entire Bishnah tehsil has improved considerably.
In education sector, he said, new schools have been opened while various schools have been upgraded. A government degree college and higher secondary school has been opened in Bishnah while efforts were afoot to gain a degree college for Arnia.
He said that facilities at sub-district hospital Bishnah has improved while Rs 14 crore has been earmarked for the construction of 50 bed hospital at Bishnah. He said that road connectivity in entire Bishnah constituency including Arnia has also undergone vast improvement.
Speaking on incentives for farmers, Sharma said that irrigation water has started reaching tail end while new tube wells have been started.
The lift irrigation scheme has undergone improvement and a series of water supply schemes have also been launched. The quality of drinking water has also improved.
He said that a degree college, a sub-district hospital and primary health centre for Arnia have been proposed by him and are likely to be sanctioned shortly. A bridge over Aik Nullah is also on cards, he said, adding that work has been launched on Jak Chak Chimna-Arnia Nandpur road. |
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