Early Times Report
JAMMU, Feb 12: JKPCC Chief Ghulam Ahmad Mir accompanied by JKPCC Working President Raman Bhalla on Saturday accused ruling BJP Govt of adopting anti-people policies that have ruined every strata of society in J&K. He said farmers, employees, traders, youth were all suffering under the present government.BJP government is playing with autonomy of Institutions by interfering in their working. He said the issue of inflation and rising prices of essential commodities has made life of common man miserable. The life of poor and middle class families has become difficult today due to inflation.
This was stated by him while addressing party workers meeting at Dayalachak area of Kathua organized by Distt President Kathua Pankaj Dogra. Prominent among those present on the occasion include JKPCC General Secretary Manmohan Singh, Ex. MLC Th Balbir Singh, Rajnesh Sharma, Sevadal Congress Chief Vijay Sharma Babbi, OBC Chairmen Suresh Dogra, Parnav Shagotra, Sudesh Dogra, Sarpanch Bindu Bala, Ch Balbir, Narinder khajuria, Ram Chand, Rakesh Sharma, Ashok Kumar, Tarsem Paul Saini, KK Sharma, Surinder Verma, Kajal Rajput, Arun Mehta, Bodh Raj, Sanjay Rajdhan, Kuldeep Verma, Kulbhushan Singh, Ravinder Paul Singh, Sahil Lengha, Jatin Vashisht, Sat Paul Bandhari, Sohan Lal, Raman Thappa, Subash Chander, Abdul Rasheed, Vishu Andotra. Pushpa Devi, Romi Sharma, Seemant Kumar Sharma, Som Raj beside others.
Speaking on the occasion, Mir claimed that people in Jammu and Kashmir are not happy with the draft delimitation commission report and lashed out at BJP over its alleged anti-people policies and "dividing the country on communal lines.When the government has no developmental agenda to show to the public, they use such diversionary tactics to hoodwink the people.
Criticising the policies of the BJP-led government, he said "we regret snatching the statehood of Jammu and Kashmir and transforming it into a Union Territory. They talked about Naya Kashmir, normalcy and development. We do not see the development on the ground, while frequent militant attacks expose their claims of normalcy.Claiming the growing unemployment in the country, the Congress leader said J&K is one of the regions which tops the list with 22 percent unemployment as a result of which you can see the protesting youth on the roads every now and then.
Mir exhorted the cadre to further strengthen its rank and file to meet the challenges faced to Jammu and Kashmir unitedly and by upholding the cherished philosophy of communal and regional amity. He also urged the cadre to reach out to the people in a big way so that all the problems are surmounted with courage and resilience. Asserting that the Congress is not against the delimitation process in Jammu and Kashmir, he said the method adopted, however, is not in tandem with the procedure. Meanwhile Mir expressed grave concern over the withdrawal of security cover to several top leaders of the party including former ministers and legislators and senior functionaries on discriminatory basis exposing them to the nefarious designs of terrorist and international forces, whereas the ruling leaders and other favorite have more than adequate security. |
