Early Times Report
BILLAWAR, Apr 26: With peoples' faith having been completely shattered in the present dispensation, Harsh Dev Singh JKNPP Chairman and former Minister said that if Jammu region faced an existential threat today it was more so from BJP than anybody else.
He said that BJP's duplicitous character, lust for power, its vested interests and its cowardice posed the gravest threat the very identity and culture of Dogras besides their survival as a class. He said that having reposed their faith in BJP and given it a massive, overwhelming mandate, the people of Jammu were the most dis-appointed lot today. The BJP which used to shed a monsoon of tears here, there and everyone for Jammu's empowerment had given the deadliest blow to the cause of Dogra land by surrendering over all its election time promises.
Harsh Dev was addressing series of public meetings in Ramkote, Gujru Nagrota, Thara Kalyal and Gurah Kalyal villages of Billawar constituency.
"We don't say that, BJP did not raise its voice. Of course it did surely. The voice was however raised in the media only. And these whispers and murmurs made in the media drowned in the immense silence observed in cabinet meetings so as to avoid offending Mehbooba," roared Harsh. He said that prior to elections the BJP and its cheer leaders would nail anyone and everyone for not doing enough for Jammu but had shocked their electorates after elections by their consecutive somersaults and lame duck approach.
While the issue of Rohingyas and Bangladeshis had created an alarm in entire Jammu region, the BJP leaders made statements of evicting them umpteen times for public consumption only without any follow up action even initiated in this regard, he lamented. Likewise, said Singh, the withdrawal of minutes pertaining to tribal settlements also met the same fate. The share of Jammu region in services had been marginalized with mere crumbs falling in its kitty much to the chagrin and disgust of unemployed youth, rued Harsh. |
