Shadow Correspondent
Jammu, Sept 24:
Claiming that BJP was drawing a flak during its campaign for ULB polls, Mr. Harsh Dev Singh JKNPP Chairman and Former Minister said that people had refused to fall a prey to the politics of deception and subterfuge. The people of Dogra land had seen the real face of BJP behind their deceptive facades and were eagerly awaiting for the scheduled poll dates so that they could avenge their betrayal, said Singh. He was speaking in public meetings after filing nomination papers of party candidates Krishma Rajput, K.K Sharma, Sunny Sehgal and Bachan Dass for Wards No. 4, 7, 10 and 32 respectively.
Referring to the statement of BJP leaders that the party had withdrawn support to PDP due to neglect of Jammu and discrimination against its people, Mr. Singh said that such utterances of saffron brigade had only invoked cynicism rather than appreciation.
“You have yourself admitted that Jammu suffered deprivation during the erstwhile regime. And are you not responsible for such discrimination and bias doled out to Jammu in view of BJP being an equal partner in the govt in J&K and heading the govt at the centre as well. The admission of failure to ensure justice to your political constituency is a sufficient proof of the fact that you have failed as a political entity in the state”, said Harsh.
Mr. Harsh Dev Singh regretted that “the two diametrically opposed political parties, BJP and PDP, with their inchoate paradoxes, had joined hands after elections with the sole objective of sharing the fruits of power by dis-regarding the public sentiment. And they were the parties that had vowed to demolish each other. But joining hands after elections they had antagonized their respective electorates leading to massive resentment and public outrage in both the regions which finally became the reason for inevitable fall”.
Mr. Harsh Dev Singh said that the decision to pull out from the govt was a political stunt by the BJP to enter the poll campaign for coming elections. Having hoodwinked the people especially in Jammu during elections by its treacherous terrain of Jumlas, the saffron party was funding it difficult to face the Dogras in particular who were seething with anger.
He said the BJP could not escape responsibility for the massive killings of civilians and soldiers that took place in saffron rule besides release of thousands of stone-pelters in the past despite its glamorous slogans of zero tolerance against militancy and subversion. He said the abrupt ending of the three and a half year long soap-opera of BJP-PDP misrule had brought cheers even amongst the BJP voters who were feeling cheated and betrayed. He however regretted that the BJP had surrendered on the eve of Amarnath Ji yatra and at a time when it ought to have accepted the challenge of peaceful conduct of the Hindu pilgrimage. The BJP had not only failed in governance but had exhibited itself as a coward, said Harsh.
Prominent among those who spoke on the occasion included Mrs. Manju Singh, Mr. Gagan Pratap Singh, Mr. Vijay Gupta, Mr. Partap Singh, Mr. Anil Rakwal besides others.
