Excelsior Correspondent
KISHTWAR, Dec 3: Former Minister and senior Congress leader, Gulam Mohd Saroori has alleged that PDP-BJP regime totally ignored Bhalessa area of Chenab belt.
Asserting that Indian National Congress (INC) was the only party which could stop communal forces in JK, Vice President JKPCC and MLA Inderwal, Ghulam Mohammad Saroori said Congress party with the support of the people would defeat the designs aimed at diluting the distinct identity of the State.
Addressing public meeting at Jakyas to honour the newly elected Panchayat members, Saroori said the people of the State want solution to their political problems through democratic process which is why they are increasingly participating in the elections.
He said the collapse of Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP) in the State is the game changer. He claimed that Congress has been emerging as stronger day by day. Saroori said while it was legitimate for BJP or any other party to seek a majority in the Assembly, the divisive agenda pursued by BJP to achieve its goal was detrimental to the interests of the State and the Country.
Saroori said the special status granted by the Constitution to the State was neither a concession nor was it subservient to the ideology of any political party. “The special status of Jammu and Kashmir was a historical necessity in view of the circumstances and realties of the situation that led to the partition of the country, post independence nation building efforts,” said Saroori.
The Congress leader further said that the people of J&K will give a befitting reply to any attempts at communalizing the situation, eroding the state’s authority or diluting the constitutional position.
Referring to the local issues, Saroori said the entire Bhalessa has been deliberately ignored by the BJP and PDP over the last four years. “Once voted to serve again, the Congress will harness that potential to the best satisfaction of the people so that Bhalessa in real sense becomes a model region in the entire State,” he said.
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