MT News Service
Jammu, January 2:
JKPCC Working President Raman Bhalla on Sunday claimed that BJP Govt after promising stars and sky during 2014 elections has badly failed to address all the outstanding issues of the refugees from Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK). He was speaking on the occasion of felicitation programme organized by Congress Vice Chairman Refugee Cell Amrit Bali to felicitate him on being appointed as JKPCC Working President and also for highlighting Refugees issues on every concerned platform.
Earlier a bike rally was organized from Karan Bagh to Kanshi Puri, Gadigarh to welcome JKPCC Working President where he also visited Satguru Baba Kanshi Dev ji Ashram, Gadigarh to seek blessings of Shri Shri 1008 Goswami Guru Rakesh Bali ji Maharaj.
Prominent among those present on the occasion include Pawan Bhagat, Block Vice President, Inderjeet Sharma Chairman Taxi Union J&K, Rishav Bali, National Spokesperson Indian Youth Congress,Sunil Slathia, Jagmohan Sharma, Lalit Sharma Happy, Avinash Singh, Gurjeet Singh, Babbi Sharma, Kewal Sharma, Ankush Sharma, Mohit Kumar, Jai Ram Sharma, Kuldeep Singh and others.
Speaking on the occasion, Bhalla held BJP Govt responsible for exploiting the issue of POK displaced persons in Jammu and Kashmir with their casual approach; consequently the issue is still hanging.
He said present Government is not serious to address their long pending issues, which were promised to them.
He reminded BJP that Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, during his visit to Jammu before the Assembly elections in 2014, had assured the POK displaced persons that their issues would be addressed and they must wait for the same.
He said both the Centre as well as State Governments did not make efforts to handle the issue with human angle and address the same on priority.He said the Government should re-examine the one-time package that was sent to the Centre by the previous Government and take a decision on it.
He asked the DPs to keep full faith in Congress and they will get justice.
Regarding their other issues like updating records, registration of left out families, ownership rights, reservation of their wards for getting admission in government institutions, according backward status to them, Bhalla said that Government should examine these issues afresh and take appropriate steps to address the same.
Bhalla speaking on the occasion further said that people of the Jammu region are back stabbed by BJP leadership. There is strong resentment among people of Jammu region against BJP, which miserably failed to address even basic issues of people.
He said that BJP Government has totally lost its credibility due to its misgovernance, which led to the failure of Government on all the fronts.
He said problems like lack of basic amenities, unemployment and inflation in J&K forced the common man to live in miserable conditions.
He said that the causal workers, daily wagers, consolidated employees, need based workers and employees of several departments highlighted their demands through protests seeking fulfillment of the commitments and promises by BJP Govt to them while in opposition and after assuming power, they are neglected by the Government instead of resolving their issues.
He deliberated upon various problems being faced by public in absence of an elected Government. He said people want development, employment opportunities, better infrastructure and other basic requirements like adequate water and power supply. He said BJP is a dream seller party which makes lot of promises during elections. But after getting power, they act as mute spectators.
Bhalla blamed BJP for the falling growth rate of the country. He alleged that the Centre was not taking any effective steps to improve the economic situation of the country. Taking a dig at Union Government, he claimed that Jammu region is reeling under shortage of various requirements but Government is unmoved.
He observed that under BJP regime in the centre, poor people are not able to have two square meals due to sky rocketing prices. He lambasted BJP for having done the greatest disservice to J&K by demoting it to the level of UT.
He said that Congress party will not keep quiet unless Statehood to J&K is restored. While alleging that uncared for the public sufferings, BJP leaders are happy with the ‘proxy rule’ in Jammu and Kashmir, he said that his party would continue its struggle for the Assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir after the winters to provide a popular Government to the people in the Union Territory. Many of them have no mind, eyes, ears and even a heart to feel pain of the public. Such people should be made to sit at home, added Bhalla.
Bhalla claimed that Congress is putting pressure on the Government of India to hold elections after winters and we will continue to do so to ensure an elected popular Government in Jammu and Kashmir for the benefit of the people,” he said.Development should be the criteria for seeking votes,” he maintained.
He said this BJP Government has no experience to rule but has a fondness for ruling.“Jammu and Kashmir has been pushed 20 years back by the when the erstwhile State was disbanded and its special status abrogated,” he said.
Earlier, people used to visit their elected representatives to seek redressal of their grievances but after the fall of the previous Government, the miseries of the people have increased manifold as nobody was there to listen to their problems,” he said.Divisive politics will ruin our great country,” Bhalla said, asking people to remain cautious against those who try to divide them on the basis of religion ahead of elections.
We are all humans first and our motive should be serving the people irrespective of their religion or region. We are all Indians and the country belongs to all of us,” Bhalla maintained.
Bhalla further said that such a Government or leaders who have no mind, eyes, ears and a heart, has no right to remain in power and should be shown the door and made to sit at home,” he said.
He also lashed out at the government for its “failure” to carry out development activities, address the issue of increasing unemployment and arrest the rising prices of essential commodities. He said people across the country are suffering due to joblessness, inflation and poverty.
He exhorted people to reject those doing politics on the basis of religion and said Jammu and Kashmir and the entire country needs to get united to face bigger challenges like Corona, unemployment, corruption and inflation.
The developments are confined to papers and speeches only and the developmental works have stalled due to lack of work culture,” he added.
Jammu has suffered the most during the BJP’s rule of over seven years of ‘misrule’ in, and the electorate must teach the party a lesson by power of their votes for the betrayal,” he said, adding that recent defeats has unnerved the BJP leadership, and that was why they were indulging in name calling and mudslinging.
“Political naivety and immaturity is hugely discernible in the BJP’s discourse,” he said, adding that this did not augur well for the democratic polity.
Bhalla advised the BJP leadership to come of age and go for extensive introspection over the failures in a sensitive state like Jammu and Kashmir, where it failed miserably in feeling the pulse of the people and assuaging their economic, developmental and political aspirations.
People have been reeling under miseries. Taking a dig at the BJP led government, he said that the government has failed to create jobs for the youth and instead of creating new jobs, BJP is on the wrong track and is damaging the present job scenario with its new recruitment and retirement laws.
