Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Sept 28: The Jammu and Kashmir Congress working president Raman Bhalla today hit out at the BJP for allegedly destroying the identity, status, and rights of the people and said the Centre is deliberately delaying the holding of early assembly elections in the Union Territory of J&K.
He said that instead of addressing the grievances of the people, the government brazenly participated in photo-sessions to get cheap publicity and just to befool the people, making false promises. This was stated by former Minister after inauguration of tile work in Deep Nagar Gurudwara of Ward-55 by Corporator Pritam Singh which was a long pending demand of the residents of Deep Nagar Gurudwara Kunjwani of ward-55.
Speaking on the occasion, Bhalla said “BJP government is intentionally delaying the holding of early assembly elections and restoration of full statehood to J&K. The people should gear up for the decisive fight”, he said. He alleged the incumbent regime has totally neglected people of J&K. “BJP has destroyed the identity, status, and rights of the people”, he added.
He said that the politics of hatred is dangerous for the country and urged the people to reject the communal and divisive forces and strengthen the secular and progressive forces in order to strengthen the unity and integrity of the nation and the state. “The region cannot be run through a remote control from Delhi,” he said.
Bhalla said BJP government has demeaned Indian democracy, which at one point of time was considered as the biggest among all, by showing reluctance on holding assembly elections in J&K fearing its devastation due to anti-people policies which it has been implementing on the name of reforms and development.
“Elections are due for long but knowing well about their probable worst-ever political debacle the BJP government is running from polls. This is nothing but the killing of democracy by a party which boasted at all forums about being champion of electoral reforms and guardian of democracy”, he said, adding, that “BJP is maligning the country by manipulating poll delay and denying the democratic right of voting to the people of J&K by deferring polls on one pretext or the other.”
Corporator Pritam Singh said, BJP Government has left no stone unturned to destroy the democratic institutions and stressed that the country needs fair and strong constitutional institutions.
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