Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Feb 26: Expressing his dismay over the complete somersault taken by the BJP over its stand on Art 370, NPP chairman Harshdev Singh has accused the saffron party of abandoning its core issues only for the lust of power.
In a press statement Mr Singh said that the yesterday’s statement on Art 370 made by a Union Minister in the Parliament amply goes to indicate the desperation of the BJP to gain power by hook or by crook. Lamenting the duplicity and double standards of BJP, Mr Singh regretted that the party has compromised its age old political ideology only to become a junior partner in PDP led Government in J&K State.
Reminding the saffron party of the great sacrifices made by its tall leaders in the past, Mr Singh said that the BJP was answerable to the people of country for its ideological retreat and a seismic shift from its core agenda. He said that the BJP must remember the great sacrifice made by Dr Shyama Prasad Mookerji, the founder of Jan Sangh, the parent organization of BJP, to realize the slogan of “Ek Nishan, Ek Vidhan, Ek Pradhan” conveying thereby that one country can’t have two constitutions, two flags and two heads.
NPP leader said that even subsequently the BJP had been instrumental in consolidating considerable public opinion in the country as well as the State by its persistent rhetoric over Art 370. He said that even after the formation of Modi Govt at the Centre, the MoS in PM’s office Dr Jitender Singh had made a statement that Art 370 which had caused more harm than good and had emphatically announced to hold a debate on the Article. He said that even Arun Jaitley had made a statement to drive home his point on Art 370, during Assembly Elections by saying that “ no private investor would invest in a place where he can’t own the land” implying clearly thereby that the curbs on land ownership had got to go.
He said that people of Jammu Pradesh were keenly watching the developments particularly the take of BJP on the issues of granting state subject rights to West Pak refugees, voting rights in Assembly to refugees, Delimitation Commission, State Govt jobs to West Pak refugees, de-freezing of Assembly seats reserved for PoJK, 33 % reservation for women in legislative Assembly and in Legislative Council etc.
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