BJP regime crushing people of J&K under its feet: Harsh Dev

Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Feb 7: Former Minister and Chairman AAP, J&K, Harsh Dev Singh has accused the BJP regime of leaving no stone unturned to crush the aspirations of Jammu Kashmir people and to rub them contemptuously under its feet.
“With the erstwhile historical state of J&K having been downgraded to UT level and suppressing all critical voices through the coercive apparatus of the Govt, demolishing institutions besides running the affairs of state through proxy rule of Centre and now evicting the poor people from their marginal land holdings, the BJP regime appeared to be testing the patience of the people of J&K,” he said, while talking to media persons, here today.
AAP leader alleged that the people were being harassed, intimidated and persecuted on one pretext or the other with the latest move of the Govt to retrieve the lands from poor and indigent farmers. “New laws were being enacted for J&K on a regular basis by ‘babus’ in the Centre and implemented in J&K without any Legislative nod through the aegis of Home Ministry by taking recourse to J&K Re-organization Act,” he said and added that the people were subjected to the most unpopular rule of outside bureaucrats who lacked even the basic knowledge of the problems of the common masses and had hardly any connection with the people.
“With no takers for the woes and sufferings of the people, the Govt was thriving on fake announcements and fictional accounts of its achievements with nothing tangible to be seen on the ground,” he said and drew attention towards the unemployed youth who are on roads, daily rated workers who are without wages for several months, MGNREGA liability which has exceeded one thousands crore during the last 5-6 years and the prevailing corruption.
“Those who have the temerity to question are dubbed as anti-nationals and dissent is being muzzled through the coercive apparatus of the state. The fact of the matter is that the general masses are feeling suffocated and suppressed under the dictatorial policies of the current regime ruling the roost by evading democratic process,” said Harsh Dev and added that it was not the rule of law that prevailed in J&K but the law of the Ruler.

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