Shadow Correspondent
Jammu, Sept, 17
Rattan Lal Gupta, Provincial President of the Jammu and Kashmir National Conference (JKNC), has slammed the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) over its recently unveiled Sankalp Patra ahead of the upcoming Assembly elections, calling it a mockery of the people’s trust.
Speaking at the youth joining program organized by Gourav Kapoor Senior Youth leader of JKNC at Sher-e- Kashmir Bhavan, Jammu today, large numbers of young individuals joined the National Conference, the senior NC leader raised sharp questions about why the guarantees mentioned in the BJP’s Sankalp Patra were not fulfilled during the last decade of BJP rule in the country.
“Why is the BJP offering guarantees today when they have had 10 years in power to implement them? This Sankalp Patra is nothing more than a desperate attempt to garner votes from the people of Jammu and Kashmir,” he said and accused the BJP of failing and betraying the people of J&K, stating that the hollow promises were merely a tactic to manipulate public sentiment.
Rattan Lal pointed out that the people of Jammu and Kashmir have endured a decade of hardships under BJP’s “Acche Din” slogan, which he claims has remained unfulfilled. “The people of J&K are frustrated and continue to suffer due to the hollow policies of the BJP. In the past 10 years, they have been victims of recruitment scams, inflation, unemployment, inflated power bills, seeing no future of youth in Jammu and Kashmir.
Earlier, the programme saw a large number of young individuals joining the JKNC, a clear sign of their growing disillusionment with the BJP’s governance. He noted that the youth of J&K have placed their hopes in the National Conference, seeing it as a beacon of hope for their future.
The youth joining the Party Fold today are inspired by the JKNC’s commitment to provide 1 lakh jobs to youth of J&K, implementation of J&K Youth Employment Generation Act within three months, 12 LPG cylinders free of cost to EWS, free travelling of women in all public transport, enhancement of marriage assistance from Rs 50000 to Rs 75000, increase of medical allowance of pensioners to Rs 1000 from Rs 300, Minority Commission to be established, PDS to be strengthened, Provide Rs 5000 PM to the elderly female of each EWS household etc. as promised in our poll manifesto. The BJP has failed to protect the aspirations of our youth, instead playing with their futures through rampant corruption and mismanagement.
Rattan Lal Gupta emphasized that the National Conference under the dynamic leadership of Dr Farooq Abdullah and Omar Abdullah, remains committed to the well-being and progress of the people of J&K and vowed to work tirelessly to fulfil their expectations if given the mandate in the upcoming elections.
Among those who the joined the party fold included: Sethi Verma, Bilal Ahmad Mir, Sunny Chadda, Bupinder Singh, Narinder Bali, Varun, Darshan, Jatinder Singh and others.
Prominent NC leaders who were present included Sheikh Bashir Ahmad Provincial Secretary Jammu, Vijay Lochan Chairman SC Cell, Rakesh Singh Raka Vice President Central Zone, Sahil Sharma, Ajay Kumar Block Secretary Jammu East, S. Asha Singh and others.
