Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Feb 16: Pradesh Congress Committee (PCC) vice president and former minister, Raman Bhalla has alleged that PDP-BJP Coalition Government has failed in providing basic amenities like water, power and ration to the common person of the State.
Speaking to people in Gandhi Nagar constituency today, Bhalla said that Government is shying away from its duty to conduct Urban Local Body and Panchayat elections. Formation of ULBs are must to empower the people of urban areas”, he said and added that in a democratic system it was necessary to make representative character of all democratic institutions to ensure people’s participation in these institutions.
Bhalla further said that the Centre has blocked grants worth crores for urban development because the State Govt has failed to constitute duly elected local bodies. “Priority of this regime is not to empower people by strengthening democratic institutions but those at the helm of affairs want to accomplish their nefarious designs by controlling such institutions through undemocratic means”, he observed and cautioned that such attitude of the ruling party would be proved disastrous for the State.
Terming the promises made by PDP-BJP Government as “mere bluffs”, Bhalla said that voters are fed up with the “sheer opportunism” of these two parties. Both the parties took the extreme positions on most of the emotional issues and exploited their respective constituencies to the hilt, with a false and deceptive promise to keep each other out of power, if voted in strength.
Bhalla condemned the non-serious approach of the State Government in getting the road infrastructure of the State back on track. Highlighting the recent letter written by the Central Government to the State expressing strong displeasure over the State Govt’s failure to use a PMGSY grant intended for development of rural roads, Bhalla said this revelation had yet again in quick succession exposed the incompetence and non-seriousness of the State Government.
” BJP acts as dummy coalition partner in the Government as discrimination with Jammu province is being done at every level including recruitment, allotment of funds, development in tourist sector,” Bhalla said and added that Congress is real representative of Jammu province that people have realized now.
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