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| PM should act fast or face people's ire: Bhardwaj | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, May 14: The complicity of two senior BJP leaders, a present and a former Deputy Chief Minister, in acquiring a land and building a house on that in the vicinity of sensitive defence establishments in Nagrota despite strong protestations by senior Army functionaries, has blown the lid off of the party's much touted nationalistic fervor, said senior Congress leader Mohinder Bhardwaj. Bhardwaj, also a former president of Jammu and Kashmir High Court Bar Association, while addressing a public meeting at village Chak Hasal, said that the move is not only in violation of the laid rules but also further jeopardizes the security in this sensitive border state.
Reacting to media reports that a company in which present Deputy Chief Minister Kavinder Gupta reportedly has interests had bought this land and subsequently former Deputy Chief Minister Dr Nirmal Singh built a house on that despite strong protests by the army authorities, he demanded an inquiry into the matter to punish all those responsible for this illegal act.
"Prime Minister Narendra Modi and chief minister Mehbooa Mufti should sack both Gupta as deputy chief minister and Dr Singh as Speaker Legislative Assembly to send a strong message that those messing with national security in any manner would not be spared. In case Modi is unrelenting the chief minister must take suo motu action against the two," said Bhardwaj.
Expressing shock and anguish on these disturbing revelations, he said the fact that "desh bhakti" has been a political issue and nothing else for BJP is vindicated by this episode involving two senior state leaders of the BJP and total silence of the party high command. "It is distressing that a senior army officer of the rank of Lt General had to write directly to the then deputy Chief Minister Dr Singh asking him to stop construction of his house which was in violation of rules. The General, as stated in the media reports, was constrained to write this letter after the local administration refused to act on the army's complaint regarding these violations," he said. Bhardwaj, issued an ultimatum to Centre and the state governments to take firm action against the two leaders holding constitutional offices within a week given the sensitiveness of the issue or else all other options will be pursued to protect the interests of the people of border region of Jammu and that of the country as a whole asthe issue relates to security. |
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