BJP polarizing country to hide its failures: Vikramaditya Singh

Vikramaditya Singh and others in a Congress workers convention at Ramban on Monday.
Vikramaditya Singh and others in a Congress workers convention at Ramban on Monday.

Excelsior Correspondent

RAMBAN, Mar 18: Accusing BJP of polarizing the country to hide its failures and neglecting Chenab Valley in developmental sphere, Congress candidate for Doda Udhampur seat Vikramaditya Singh said it was time to forge unity and give a befitting reply to those who were hell bent to destroy the social fabric.
Vikramaditya Singh, along with former Ministers Aijaz Ahmed Khan and Vikar Rasool Wani, was addressing well attended day long Congress party workers convention at Maitra Ramban here today.
” With a reduced credibility, the BJP and its ideologue will again rack up the emotive issues. The situation that we are facing today is a grim reminder of how low the communal forces can stoop to axe their own grind. The BJP, faced with pulverizing debacles in Hindi heartland, is shifting to a higher level of divisive agenda,” Vikramaditya Singh said.
While formally kick starting his election campaign in Ramban district, Vikramaditya Singh said that five years of Modi Government was a period of false promises, He lashed out at the BJP and Prime Minister Narendra Modi, accusing them of diverting attention from the real issues of unemployment and problems of farmers across the country and created environment of uncertainty and confusion in the country
He added that the residents of border areas and pensioners are worst victims of BJP Government’s indifferent attitude as the old age, handicapped and widow pensioners have not receive single penny in his tenure.
Stating that RSS and its proxies in the State will try to polarize the situation by fanning passions because they have nothing to offer in terms of development and stability, Vikramaditya Singh cautioned the people of the State to not fall prey to the “divisive agenda of communal forces.
Speaking on the occasion, Vikar Rasool Wani and Aijaz Ahmed Khan criticized the anti people policies of BJP and their allied parties. They alleged that BJP by sharing power with PDP turned J&K into political battle field by giving air to non issues and neglecting the people issues.
Distt president Farooq Katoch, Imtiyaz Ahmed Khanday, Ashok Kumar, MLC Sham Lal Bhagat, Aarif Salaria, Shahrukh Bhatti, Alyas Banihali, Arun Singh Raju, Altaf Lone, Mohd Sharef Ganai, Parvaiz Wani, Bashir Naik, Farooq Ch, Janak Singh and Shafi Choudhary also spoke on the occasion.