Congress Sabotaged Jammu’s Important National Projects, Denied IB Reservation: Dr Jitendra

SAMBA, Apr 23 :
Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh said here today that Congress and its allies had sabotaged Jammu’s important national projects including Shahpur-Kandi project and Ujh Multipurpose Project which would have irrigated the entire belt of dry land along Samba, Kathua and part of Jammu districts. Both these projects could get activated only after the Modi Govt took over in 2014, he said.
Not only this, the Minister alleged, Congress also denied 4% reservation to the people living along the International Border (IB) of this region.
Addressing public meetings at different locations in district Samba, which is going to poll on April 26th, Dr Jitendra Singh while campaigning in support of BJP candidate Jugal Kishore Sharma said, Congress and its allied governments have not only caused damage to the Kandi areas of Samba and Kathua by denying them their due but had also gone to the extent of working against the national interest just to appease certain sections by following an approach of regional discrimination.
Elaborating further, Dr Jitendra Singh recalled that way back in 1960 the Indus Water Treaty was finalised between India and Pakistan by the then Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru and Pakistan President Ayub Khan, as a result of which, the three major river waters that India was to share happened to be Ravi, Satluj and Beas. By constructing Shahpur-Kandi