| Azad exposes J&K Govt, says Maharaja regime was much better than present bureaucratic rule | | Maharaja Hari Singh had protected land, job rights of J&K residents | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Dec 25: After getting authentic feedback from people at the village level during his ongoing mass-contact programme, former chief minister Ghulam Nabi Azad on Saturday termed the present bureaucratic regime worst than the earlier autocratic rule in the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir.
Azad observed that the system has been completely collapsed in J&K and people of the UT are heading towards poverty, unemployment and frustration.
“There has been a slump in business and developmental activities in Jammu and Kashmir and people are heading towards poverty”, he said.
In a veiled attack at the BJP, Azad said the autocratic rule of the maharajas was far better than the current dispensation, which stopped the traditional practice of the biannual “Darbar Move”
“I was always supportive of the Darbar Move. The Maharajas gave us three things which were in the interest of the public of both Kashmir and Jammu regions, and one of them was the Darbar Move,” Azad told reporters here.
He said the Maharaja Hari Singh had ensured the protection of land and jobs from people who were not from the region.
“Today after so many years, we see the Maharaja who used to be called a dictator was much better than the present government.
The actions of the Maharaja were for the welfare of the public, while the present government has taken away all the three things (Darbar Move, protection of land and jobs) from us,” he said, referring to the abrogation of Article 370.
“People are anguished as there is no business, no jobs, high prices, and developmental works have come to standstill,” he said. |
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