Shadow Correspondent
Jammu, Nov, 12
While Mehbooba Mufti succeeded in implementing a significant part of her agenda during the aborted coalition rule, the BJP hopelessly failed to deliver on even a single promise made by it with its electorates, said Harsh Dev Singh JKNPP Chairman and Former Minister. He said that all slogans of “corruption free system”, ‘Sabka saath sabka vikas’, good governance with development” having proved a sham, the people were feeling cheated in the wake of huge inflation, rise in prices of petrol and diesel besides other essential commodities and growing unemployment in the country coupled with massive retrenchments following demonetization. He was addressing a huge public rally in Gundian, Ramnagar constituency today.
Mr. Harsh Dev Singh regretted that slogan of the abrogation of Art 370 which earlier remained the major poll plank of BJP for several decades, was sacrificed immediately after the elections at the altar of power politics. And when Article 35-A was challenged, the saffron flavoured govt of J&K hired five advocates in the court to defend the same, rued Harsh. He maintained that the educated youth of Jammu bore the severest brunt of unethical alliance when their routine share in employment also went the Kashmir way. With imbecile BJP leadership failing to assert in the wake of highly biased administrative set up and extremely prejudiced recruitment agencies, the educated youth of Jammu suffered the most hostile discrimination with an abysmally all time low share in employment, lamented Mr. Singh.
And as if that was not enough, argued Singh, the highly impudent BJP leadership gave Jammuites shocker of their lifetimes by compromising with the very dignity and self respect of Dogras. It inflicted the biggest dent upon Dogra pride when Dogras were tagged as ‘rapist supporters’ in its rule and its Ministers were shamelessly toeing the Mehbooba line deliriously oblivious of the massive outrage sparked in Jammu, said Mr. Singh.
Not only had the BJP played with the emotions of the people but it had miserably failed on the development front as well, said Harsh. Pointing towards the utter neglect of Mubarak Mandi Project, Mr. Singh regretted that Dogra culture and heritage too suffered criminal apathy at the hands of BJP leadership. He reminisced the introduction of 49 Kashmiri language posts in Jammu colleges to the neglect of Dogri. And the Dogras and civil society of Jammu had to take to streets to get Dogri posts sanctioned for Jammu Colleges, recalled Harsh. With peoples’ disenchantment growing with each passing day, observed Singh, the 2019 elections would prove as BJP’s waterloo.
Mrs. Manju Singh dwelt at length over the struggle launched by the party during the past four years for the cause of dogras. She appealed the people of all religious faiths to join hands to empower Panthers Party which she claimed was the only secular party of the state. She urged upon the people to teach a befitting lesson to the mandated leaders who had raised fortunes for themselves by ignoring the common man. She said that NPP alone could ensure justice to the marginalized and highly deprived Jammu region. Earlier, the people of the town gave a rousing reception to Mr. Harsh Dev Singh on being conferred with ‘Glory of India’, Gold Medalist Award 2018 by a Delhi based internationally acclaimed society of biographical specialists.
