Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, July 22: Taking serious note of NC vice president, Omar Abdullah’s statement that BJP Government at Centre has been using the State Governor to implement the BJP’s agenda while expressing his anger with the Narendra Modi Government for granting 3% reservation to the IB residents and divisional status to Ladakh speaks volumes of the discriminatory and exclusive agenda of National Conference (NC) which ruled the State for 40 years.
In a statement issued here today Brig (retd) Anil Gupta, State spokesperson of BJP said it was these discriminatory polices of NC and other Kashmir centric parties that has led to the present situation of virtual revolt by the Jammu and Ladakh regions.
BJP has undone the blatant discrimination of the previous NC Government which never looked beyond the Kashmir Valley. It is BJP’s all-inclusive agenda for the holistic development of all three regions of the State that has resulted in a vote share of 46.4% which is an indicator of the party’s popularity said Brig Gupta.
It is the nationalist agenda of BJP that has broken the back of terrorism and terror support network in Kashmir asserted Brig Gupta. “Can Omar Abdullah explain as to why he as CM of the State failed to act against the terror funding and terror support network? Why were the numerous cases of terror financing and Hawala operations registered against various Hurriyat leaders and others were languishing in files and not proceeded against by his Government or the other Kashmir-centric governments? Why no action was taken to pursue the murder case against JKLF chief, Yaseen Malik for killing of unarmed IAF personnel? Why no action was taken by him when Sufism was being side lined and combative Wahhabism gaining roots that has led to radicalisation in the Valley,” questioned Brig Gupta?
How can NC justify blatant discrimination against Jammu & Ladakh regions in terms of budgetary support, Government jobs, health and education infrastructure, development of tourism, neglect of palaces, forts and other symbols of Dogra heritage, Dogra Certificate, citizenship to West Pakistan refugees, settlement of Kashmiri Pandits and other migrants and welfare of border residents to name a few?
How can the people of Jammu and Ladakh expect justice from the so-called “mandated” governments as stated by Omar when the entire representative system is skewed towards forming a Government representing the Kashmir Valley because of the arbitrary delimitation of Assembly seats done by the NC retorted Brig Gupta? Out of 87 seats, 46 are for Valley (more than the half-way mark), while Jammu & Ladakh have only 41 seats despite larger area and almost equal population, added Brig Gupta.
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