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| Jugal fails to impress BJP high command | | Jammu-Poonch LS seat remains unrepresented in Union Council of Ministers again | | Avinash Azad
JAMMU, May 27: While induction of Dr. Jitendra Singh, MP from Udhampur-Doda Parliamentary seat in NaMo's Council of Ministers has sent jubilation across Jammu region, the fate of Jammu-Poonch Parliamentary constituency remained unchanged as its incumbent like the predecessors failed to secure a Ministerial berth in the Union Council of Ministers.
After thirteen contests, the biggest constituency of the state which comprises as many as 20 Assembly 13 MPs have represented the LS seat in Indian Parliament since it came into existence in 1967. Eight MPs from Indian National Congress, three MPs from BJP and each one from National Conference and Independent Candidate have represented the seat, but the constituency could not manage a birth in union Cabinet.
"After the results of 15th Lok Sabha elections, the voters from Jammu-Poonch constituency were confident that their representative would be inducted as Minister in Namo's Cabinet", said a BJP leader, wishing secrecy. "Like outgoing UPA-2 which had inducted two Ministers from J&K, it was expected that Jugal Kishore Sharma who is representing Jammu-Poonch Lok Shaba seat after recently concluded Parliament elections would also be inducted in NaMo's Cabinet", he added.
Even the workers of Congress party were dismayed over non-induction of Jugal Kishore in Council of Ministers. "We expected that party high command would consider Jugal's experience as he played a pivotal role in state Legislative Assembly during 2002- 2008 when he was single MLA of the party in lower House", said a Congress leader from Rajouri.
Earlier, the seat remained with Congress twice from 1967- 1977, after a gap of three years in 1980 Congress once again captured the seat for four consecutive terms between 1980 to 1998, the party once again won after gap of eight years in 2004 for two successful terms but did not consider representation to its voters in Cabinet.
However, the voters of Jammu-Poonch seat had given an opportunity to Thakur Baldev Singh as Independent candidate in 1977 and in by- elections of 2002 after death of Vaid Vishno Dutt the seat remained in NC's pocket.
It is pertinent to mention here that Prof. Chaman Lal Gupta who was Minister in Vajpayee Government also represented Udhampur-Doda constituency. |
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