Excelsior Correspondent
BILLAWAR, July 12: Former minister Dr Manohar Lal Sharma today concluded five days’ tour of Billawar constituency. During tour he met several deputations and listened to their grievances which primarily included unemployment, high inflation, land and sand Mafia, dilapidated condition of roads and irregular power and water supply.
Speaking on the occasion, Dr Manohar alleged that BJP Government abandoned the people of J&K with their problems during its nightmarish rule of nine years. He criticized the Government for its failure in delivering its promises to the citizens. He said that the nine years of the performance of the Modi Government can be described as wastage of nine years as it had failed on all fronts.
“Right from employment to fuel prices, GDP, agriculture, inflation, and public sector banks’ bad loans, the NDA Governments nine years performances has been marked by failure and broken promises,” Manohar added.
He said BJP came to power in 2014 with the promise to change the fortunes of the people of India and to bring ‘Acche Din’. Nine years later, the people of the country are still waiting for good days. The Modi Government sold ‘Acche Din’ dream which was never fulfilled and the NDA Government false promises have now been exposed.
Dr Manohar said unemployment is rampant. Make in India remains merely a slogan. No progress has been made on the Smart Cities front. All schemes have been renamed and repacked. From Nirmal Bharat to Swachh Bharat, Planning Commission to Niti Aayog, National Mission of Financial Inclusion to Jan Dhan. They cannot conceive any new scheme, they are masters of repackaging, Manohar alleged.
Asserting that J&K residents want the restoration of their “honour and dignity”, Dr Manohar demanded holding the much-delayed assembly elections in the Union Territory for the “empowerment of the people”. He alleged that basic needs of the people — be it electricity, drinking water, roads, infrastructure for hospitals and educational institutions — are not available due to the poor response from Govt.
Prominent among those who accompanied included Sham Spolia Block president Billawar, Th Bhudhi Singh Block president Ramkote, Romal Singh Block president Dugani, Jagdev Singh, Puran Chand, Capt Hans Raj, Ram Lal Bhatti, Raj Kumar, Jia Lal Vidyal, Ved Parkash Shashtri, Rattan Tripathi and others.
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