Jammu, Apr 23:
Ex-MLA and Senior Vice President of Jammu and Kashmir Congress Thakur Balwan Singh in continuation of public meetings to campaign in favour of Congress candidate Raman Bhalla today organized impressive election gathering at Domana which was presided over by Vikar Rasøol Wani President J&K PCC and addressed by Bharat Singh Solanki former Central Minister and incharge J&K Congress affairs. Prominent among those who addressed gathering included Ch Lal Singh, Manoj Yadev, Mula Ram, Shamsher Singh Chib(Distt President Jammu Rural) Block Presidents, Rajdev Singh Jamwal, Raman Sharma and Babu Khan. Other speakers were Hoshiar Singh Chib, Ch Raj Hussain,Jang Bahadur Sharma,Kalbhushan Singh Jamwal,Raj Roop Singh,Sat Paul Khajuria and others.
Bharat Singh Solanki speaking on the occasion said that the government is turning a blind eye towards the apprehensions and concerns of people of J&K, especially Jammu region. Taking a dig at the Central government, he claimed that people of J&K reeling under shortage of various basic requirements but government is “unmoved.”He said that government lacks approach which is based on consistency, clarity, conviction and creating only mess making people to suffer unnecessarily without any fault of theirs.He said that the BJP regime has antagonized all sections of people whether it is the youth, government employees, women or even children, this government has hurt every section of the society. Expressing his anguish over “mounting problems” of the common masses, he said that during last ten years the union government has done nothing to solve basic problems of the people. Solanki said that there is “total chaos and confusion” among people as BJP leadership has failed to remove peoples’ apprehensions. “On the one hand, there is complete uncertainty in J&K, while on the other hand people are confronting with failure of the administration to solve day today problems,” he said, adding that various parts of J&K are facing scarcity of basic amenities.
Speaking on the occasion, JKPCC Working President Vikar Rasool Wani said that BJP should take the responsibility for the present situation in J&K as people of J&K .We definitely want a government of the people representing J&K,” he said. We are extremely concerned and pained by the developments in Jammu and Kashmir. “We cautioned the BJP government to correct its flawed approach and work for rebuilding the trust and restoration of normalcy in J&K but it never pay any heed to public issues,” he said. Lambasting the government, he said that without an elected government people of J&K were being neglected and overlooked, he said.The major stress of the government should have been on assuaging misery of the unemployed youth who have grown up in conflict, he said and expressed disappointment over BJP’s “lip-service” regarding burning issues of J&K.He termed their governance as “futile exercise to reach out to the common man and address public issues.”
Wani in his address said that Modi Govt during last ten years of period has proved most traumatic and devastating for the youth, farmers and traders of the country.He said people of J&K are hugely disappointed against this insensitive Govt for ignoring them completely and making them suffer for everything. The mess created by Govt has resulted in total administrative failure in the Jammu division”, Wani said. Making a mention of lofty promises made by the BJP during elections, he alleged that BJP leaders are busy only in delivering sermons and repeating of repeated hallow claims. However, he said the fact remains that developmental activities are almost invisible and no concrete measures are taken to address the issues of livelihood & most of the projects which are visualized, do not get started and those which have been started often do not meet their end is the trend of Jammu projects. He said due to non- serious approach of the Government, wasting precious public money and abandoning projects is the ultimate solution for the Government.
Manoj Yadev criticized ‘the wrong policies adopted by the BJP government at Centre and said the it is fully responsible for the damages caused to Jammu and Kashmir’s economy, trade and tourism sector, besides failing to address development issues and vowed to continue to expose the misadventures of the BJP Govt in public domain.’ He also expressed serious concern ‘over the hardships confronting people due to the rising unemployment, price hike and various other issues of public importance’, saying that Govt is ‘non- serious with regard to people’s hardships, deviating from the real issues in order to hide its failures and false promises.’ He said that J&K has suffered immensely on all fronts especially trade, tourism, employment, besides many other issues of public importance, besides the developmental process, which has got derailed due to the lack of policies by the Govt towards the J&K, as a result, the weaker sections and small scale businessmen are the worst hit, besides the unprecedented hike on prices of petroleum and other essentials not only in J&K but in the entire country added miseries to people, Yadav said.
Campaigning in favour of Congress candidate from Jammu-Reasi parliamentary seat , Thakur Balwan Singh slammed BJP government failed to ensure a congenial atmosphere for elections to take place in Jammu and Kashmir and elect a government of the people in the state. He also accused the Govt of failing to read the pulse of J&K people and said it cannot shun and run away from owning the responsibility of creating this mess and back-stabbing the people of Jammu and Kashmir. “The directionless, agenda-less and clueless policy of government has left the people of Jammu and Kashmir in complete despair and this is a grave national concern. Govt lacks economic roadmap for inclusion and progress for the people of J&K, he said. He said soaring unemployment in J&K is a serious concern.
Balwan Singh further said the ongoing uncertainty has severely damaged the prospect of a stable economy and the rising unemployment puts the final nail in the coffin of economic stability. The job markets have been pushed to the edge, both in the public and private sector, with no fresh opportunities visible. As J&K doesn’t have a vibrant private sector in place, the burden of employment ultimately falls on the public sector, which, unfortunately, it is unable to tackle as the absorption rate is low, he said.
The government and its various departments do not seem, at all, serious about these rising figures. There are not enough or even requisite posts advertised in the government departments, and even, if advertised, they are never worked out effectively – lack of proper schedules and criteria, relapsing of the advertisements as per their whims, corruption, backdoor entries, favouritism etc. are the main loopholes, added Balwan Singh.
