Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Apr 16: Surprised over the outbursts and ‘melodramatic rants’ of Ch Lal Singh and Chander Parkash Ganga over the Rassana case, after their dismissal from Council of Ministers, NPP chairman Harsh Dev Singh and former minister questioned their silence over the matter between March 1st and April 13, that the date of their sacking from ministerial berths.
He pointed out that the two ministers had assured the people in a public meeting at Kootah, Hiranagar on March 1st of getting the case probed through CBI within two days and even threatened of pulling down the Govt in case the PDP refused to accept the demand. He regretted that all the tall talks and loud pronouncements of March 1st proved hoax and vanished into the then air when Mehbooba turned down the demand of CBI probe the very next day. And with that did the said Ministers vanish into the blue with not a word heard from their side for next 43 days till April 13, the date of their extermination.
Singh said during the intervening period, the people of Rassana, Hiranagar and adjoining localities desperately looked for the two leaders, sending them reminders who, however, failed to respond to their repeated calls. It was the toughest period for the people of district Kathua who faced nightmarish experiences with males, females, aged and children languishing on the roads and facing police atrocities and administrative pressures with none of the BJP Ministers or MLAs coming forward for solace or succour, lamented Harsh Dev.
When the people of district Kathua including females were being lathi-charged, arrested and humiliated, these ministers preferred to remain insulated in their cocooned and sanitized ministerial world deliriously unmindful of the loud promises made by them, he regretted. And now, after losing their ministerial berths, they were trying to re-emerge as their champions much to the amusement of the people affected and aggrieved by their outrageous conduct, said Harsh.
“Had the two Ministers resigned immediately after their assurance of CBI probe in March 1 rally was rejected by Mehbooba, the people would have welcomed them. But the said Ministers went into hibernation after Mehbooba’s ‘no’ to CBI probe and disappeared from the scene for 43 days when eventually they were sacked on April 13.
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