Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, June 4: Opposing privatization of power and imposing unreasonable taxes of various kinds burdening the common people especially the transport sector besides taking several other arbitrary and unilateral decisions by the UT Administration and Centre Govt, Jammu and Kashmir Pradesh Congress Committee has lashed out at the BJP for totally neglecting its responsibilities towards the common people.
Addressing a joint press conference at the party office here today, senior leaders Raman Bhalla, Mula Ram PCC vice presidents, chief spokesperson- Ravinder Sharma, Yogesh Sawhney (gen secy) and Thakur Hari Singh Chib (DCC-R Jammu chief), questioned who is taking decisions and how decisions are being taken by the bureaucratic dispensation, as most decisions are anti- people, anti- youth and anti- employees and there appears lack of adequate feedback from stake holders and absence of coordination between Centre and UT Administration on various fronts leading to situation of chaos and confusion and unrest which forces the Govt to take a turns and review of several decisions after peoples’ reactions from different quarters.
The Congress leaders charged BJP of taking the people for Jammu too, for granted and not only ignoring their genuine concerns and issues but giving heavy dose of taxes and financial burden apart from imposing arbitrary and unilateral decisions which are against their interests.
They said the people have no one to approach in the prevailing atmosphere created by the Centre Government and the BJP, leaving them at the sole mercy of the bureaucratic dispensation, who are inaccessible to the common people while they don’t respond properly to the political class thus, depriving the people any voice in the given situation.
They said BJP is squarely responsible for the neglect of the people and the prevailing atmosphere of helplessness of the common people who find no one to hear them except protests which too are crushed and not allowed under the garb of law and order and now under COVID-19 crisis.
Sympathizing with the people of different sections of the society who are suffering from the decisions of the Govt, the senior leaders raised the issues of different sections like transporters, privatization of power, issue of treating PRC as domicile certificates, mismanagement on the COVID front and financial package to different sectors besides the harassment to the shopkeepers and people over total restrictions over parking in the city and other issues of youth and students.
Former minister Raman Bhalla raised the issue of transport sector, who are already under great distress due to economic slow down for the last over one year or more but have been the victim of heavy taxes on registration and renewal besides the heavy toll duties and other related problems. Instead of coming to their rescue, the Govt has forced them to come on roads. He sought immediate review of the transport scenario and extending all sorts of help to them without unreasonable burdening the common people. The party extended full support to their demands and issues.
Mula Ram, criticized the move to privatize the power sector which will heavily burden the common man and destroy the future and working conditions of the power employees of different categories but no one hears to the people.
Yogesh Sawhney raised the issue of harsh and unilateral decisions of total ban on parking in the old city causing great hardships to the people especially the traders and customers. He said the administration should have talked to the Bazaar Associations and find out reasonable solutions.
The party also questioned the decision to line up all State subjects holding valid PRCs to get the domicile in this COVID crisis where as by no standards Domicile certificate is superior to PRC. The Government should order that all PRCs shall be treated as Domicile certificates to avoid undue harassment to the youth and common people.
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