Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, May 16: Urging upon the people of Jammu region to shun their narrow parochial differences, NPP chairman and former Minister Harshdev Singh has appealed all the social, political, intellectual and others organizations of Jammu to come on a common platform to fulfill their bounden duty to fight for the self respect, pride and glory of the motherland.
In a press statement today he said that Jammu’s deprivation and neglect is a common cause and all pro-Jammu forces must join hands irrespective of their caste, creed, religion and political affiliations to ensure justice with all the legitimate rights to the people of this region when the BJP, throwing all its pledges to the winds, has surrendered on all issues before its coalition partner for the lust of power.
Strongly admonishing the BJP leaders for their meek submission in the press conference held on Friday in which the Chief Minister gave clear indications of shifting AIIMS to Kashmir and shelving of artificial lake project, NPP leader said that the Saffron party was giving one shocker after another to the people of Jammu region. He said it was highly intriguing to note that Dy Chief Minister Dr Nirmal Singh who was sitting adjacent to the Chief Minister could not counter or react on the said issues which have an emotional value for the people of Jammu region. He regretted that rather than taking a stand in the conference that 85% of the work on Artificial Lake project is completed and that it would provide tourist destination for millions of pilgrims and tourists visiting Jammu, Nirmal Singh chose to rush to Delhi to reportedly meet Uma Bharti.
Lampooning the BJP Ministers for jettisoning the cause of Jammu for crumbs of power, Mr Singh said that the people of Jammu region had recognized the real face of BJP with the latter having utterly failed to provide even a fig leaf to cover its cowardly acts. He said that the nauseating vague statements made by Dy Chief Minister on AIIMS, his photo sessions with national leaders and his reported meeting with Uma Bharti after the yesterday’s press conference were merely an eye wash and window dressing for the gullible. The fact remained that the DyCM’s role in the conference was akin to ‘Nero’ who played flute while Rome was burning, he added.
Appealing to the people of Jammu region to take the call for protecting the dignity and honour of Dogras, Harshdev said that it was not only the question of AIIMS or the Artificial Lake project and other allied issues but the larger and most important issue of Jammu’s self respect and pride. He called upon the Chamber of Commerce, Bar Association, Congress, BSP, Samajwadi Party, CPI, CPM, Janta Dal, Intellectuals, JPPF, JUTA, Bajrang Dal, Shri Ram Sena, VHP, Shiv Sena, Kranti Dal, NSF, JWAM, Traders Associations, Transport Bodies, Hindustan Shiv Sena, NSUI, NPSU, AISSF, JJSF, JURSA, SOS international, WPRs besides other organization to join hands for the Jammu cause.
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