NEW DELHI:Opposing the statutory resolution
in the Lok Sabha to extend President’s Rule in Jammu and
Kashmir, Congress MP Manish Tewari Friday said an elected
government in the state is in the interest of the nation and
will help the Centre in its fight against terrorism.
Alleging that the sense of alienation among the people of
Jammu and Kashmir has increased under the BJP government,
Tewari blamed the BJP’s alliance with the PDP for imposition
of governor’s rule in the state.
Participating in the debate, Tewari said the “root cause”
of imposition of governors’s rule in the state was the
PDP-BJP coalition, which was “an alliance of ideologically
incompatible people.”
It is “not in the interest of people in the state and the
country” that governor’s rule should continue in the state,
the Congress leader said, adding, “An elected government in
Jammu and Kashmir will help the Centre in its fight against
terrorism there.”
Maintaining that he and his party were not opposed to the
Centre’s fight against terrorism, he said, “Fight against
terrorism cannot be won when people are not with you.”
Cautioning the government, Tewari said it should not
take such steps which alienate the people of the state.
The biggest mistake of the Modi government was that sense
of alienation has increased among people in the state, he said
adding, “government needs to walk two extra miles to integrate
them into the national stream.”
Taking on the BJP, Tewari said if the party continues to
look at Jammu and Kashmir with “its ideological blinkers,” the
problem of the state cannot be resolved.
On the question of Jammu and Kashmir reservation bill,
Tewari said his party is not against the spirit of the bill,
but actually it is the right of the state assembly as this
proposed legislation comes under its jurisdiction. (AGENCIES)
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