Early Times Report
Udhampur, Mar 13: Exhorting people to vote for BJP, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate for Kathua-Udhampur- Doda Lok Sabha constituency, Dr Jitendra Singh today that BJP is the only major political party in the country which is truly secular because it not only gives equal respect to all religions but also practices this virtue in its policies and programmes through the principle of justice to all but appeasing none.
Addressing a series of road-shows and public meetings along the peripheral villages and Panchayats of Tiki, Mand, Seen Thakran Chakk, Jaganoo and other places in the outskirts of Udhampur, Dr Singh described Congress as 'mother of communal politics' and accused it (Congress) of joining hands with communal forces to promote religious divide in the State including riots against minority community in Kishtwar.
While interacting with mixed gathering of people comprising a large number of Muslim population drawn from surrounding areas Dr Jitendra Singh said, unlike the Congress, BJP does not wear "secularism' on its sleeves and flaunt it for political opportunism.'
"While the BJP is often, though wrongly, blamed by its detractors for Gujarat riots, the facts bear out that most of the communal riots since independence have taken place when the Congress party was in power at the Center, he added.
Citing the past evidence, Dr Singh accused the Congress party of resorting to tactics of Hindu-Muslim divide or Hindu-Sikh divide for vote bank politics while in J&K, it colluded with Kashmir-centric regional parties for appeasement of separatists.
'If voted to power', Dr Singh said, BJP will strive to liberate Udhampur region from continued neglect suffered by it. Rising above all other considerations, he appealed to the people to vote for a corruption-free regime to get rid of the scams and misgovernance which have been the hallmark of Congress led UPA at Center and Congress-National Conference coalition in the State. Pawan Gupta, senior BJP leader, BJP State Secretary Pawan Khajuria, Mandal President Mansa Ram, Raj Mohammad Chandel, Shabeer Ahmed Ali and others addressed these gathering . |
