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| BJP's jingoism leaves border dwellers in distress: NC | | | Early Times Report
PARGWAL, June 4: Attributing prevailing distress on the borders to lack of policy of the BJP led government at the Centre, National Conference Provincial President Devender Singh Rana on today said that jingoism won't insulate people from shelling and firing from across the border. "There is a continued blood trail from Poonch to Kathua on Line of Control and International Border with residents of the forward areas and soldiers falling like mute ducks", Rana said while interacting the shelling hit people at Pargwal in the Akhnoor sector this afternoon.
The delegation comprised former minister and Senior State Vice President Surjeet Singh Slathia, former minister, Babu Ram Pal, State Vice Presidents Rattan Lal Gupta and Kashmira Singh, former MLA Bimla Luthra besides Dharamvir Singh Jamwal.
Slathia also extended his solidarity with the affected people and said the government cannot stand as a fence watcher to their miseries. He said the insensitivity and callousness being demonstrated by the coalition government has assumed alarming proportions with nobody showing any sense of accountability. He called for a decisive approach to end the perpetual border skirmishes, saying decades of hostility have taken toll of border people over the decades. The Provincial President expressed concern over spurt in shelling and said the entire border population has been left vulnerable to heavy mortar shells. An unprecedented sense of insecurity is prevalent in the forward villages, with people running helter-skelter for their lives he said adding that all activities have come to standstill. He said the shelling has exposed security preparedness to meet the challenge due to lack of political will. Rana said that the entire border stretch is presenting a ghost-like situation with BJP stalwarts thumping their backs in the delusion of doing something great and heroic. "The BJP leadership seems to be disconnected with ground realities", he said and expressed surprise over the neglect of the PDP-BJP dispensation towards suffering people. |
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