* Party may exploit ‘pull out’ issue in 2019 elections
Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, June 24: Pradesh Congress Committee president, GA Mir has said that Amit Shah’s address on Saturday was a confessional statement of the BJP of its utter failure on all fronts and its deceit of their electorate in Jammu but it has set a tone of their election agenda for 2019 to do everything possible to polarize and communalize the situation in the State and hide its failures behind slogans of nationalism and patriotism.
Addressing a press conference here today PCC chief questioned BJP national president Amit Shah, as to who he was holding responsible for utter failures of his own Government in the State as well as in the Centre. All the failures which he counted were the failures and betrayals of BJP with their electorate of Jammu region whom they (BJP) exploited on various emotional slogans in 2014.
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Flanked by senior Congress leaders, PCC chief said that Shah’s address was a confessional statement of the sin of BJP during three and half years of coalition rule in the State and over four year rule at the Centre. Now, when general elections are round the corner, BJP decided to part ways with PDP only to raise the pitch on their (BJP) expertise to exploit the emotion of patriotism, religion and regionalism, since BJP has been left with no other option in the absence of any achievement of Modi Government on any front. BJP would like to use Kashmir issue for the general elections.
PCC chief questioned BJP chief Amit Shah as to whom he was befooling, when he shifted the blame entirely on PDP for the total failure of the State Government on all fronts including dealing with situation in Valley, ensuring equitable development of Jammu region and on various commitments to different section of Jammu people. He was blaming PDP for dealing firmly with militancy but forgot that BJP was equal partner and also party to all major decisions. Home Minister Rajnath Singh had said that cases against stone pelters were being withdrawn on Government of India instructions besides various other CBMs on Kashmir but the BJP has another story to tell to people in Jammu region and elsewhere in the country to exploit sentiments of people.
“Amit shah is unaware that five Medical Colleges were sanctioned by UPA Government for the State, which are nowhere after over 4 years of NDA rule. AIIMS was the result of struggle of Jammu people but even land could not be provided for the same. All this happened when both Health and Forest Departments were with BJP. What happened to dream project of Jammu artificial lake sanctioned, funded and got over 75 % completed by previous UPA Govt and Congress-NC. The PHE, Irrigation and Flood Control Ministry was also with BJP,” Mir added.
He also questioned Amit Shah that is it not fact that BJP has given in writing in the Agenda of Alliance (AoA) that it will not raise issue of special status (Art. 370), talks to all stakeholders including Hurriyat and leave aside demand of delimitation. Was it not surrender of BJP high command on all its core commitments with their electorate, he questioned and now shifting all blame to PDP. He also questioned whether Amit Shah is right or his erstwhile ministers in the State and MoS PMO, who had been crying in high pitch day in and day out that great achievements are being made on all fronts including remarkable all round development of Jammu region, during the PDP- BJP regime.
Senior leaders who accompanied include Ex-MP Madan Lal Sharma, Mula Ram, Raman Bhalla, RS Chib, Ravinder Sharma, Rajnish Sharma and Balwan Singh.
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