Excelsior Correspondent
BHADERWAH, Apr 1: Anguished over the failure of all parties and successive Governments to tap the tourism potential of Bhaderwah in Doda district, Harsh Dev Singh Chairman JKNPP and former Minister lambasted both Congress and BJP for not paying heed to Bhaderwah’s overall development despite the hill resort having earned its name as ‘Chota Kashmir’.
While addressing the gatherings, Singh said neither Congress nor BJP could fulfil the aspirations of the people in Bhaderwah.
“People had been voting heavily in favour of these parties for the past 70 years but no elected representative including the BJP’s ex-MP could raise the voice of the people in the Parliament”, Harsh said. Taking a dig at BJP, he said that ex-MP who despite holding an important position of MoS in the PMO despicably abandoned his own people and focused on the development of north eastern states. He said Saffron brigade made tall harangues during 2014 Lok Sabha elections to allure the voters but all broken promises in the past 5 years had triggered rage and anger among the people.
“It’s time to get rid of the ‘jumla sellers’ and elect the representative who is well versed with your pain and wishes. Only Panthers party can assuage your hurt psyche and provide you with the dynamic leadership”, asserted Harsh.
On the subject of local issues, Singh regretted that Bhaderwah despite being blessed with abundant picturesque places by the nature, was not brought on the world’s tourism map by the successive Governments.
He said that this heaven on earth had a vast potential to be developed as a model tourist constituency to attract tourists from all across the country and abroad.
He revealed that though Bhaderwah constituency was earlier represented by several ministers and of late by MoS but the constituency remained deprived of adequate employment, road connectivity, power supply and other civic amenities. “Big companies which have undertaken the National highway and power projects had hired non local skilled and unskilled workers by ignoring the local youth. Moreover, they had retrenched the local workers from employment despite using our land and water for the projects”, anguished Harsh said.
He also expressed his dismay over the miserable plight of Bhaderwah hospital, maintaining that despite having fully equipped building, the hospital was running short of specialist doctors, technicians as well as para medical staff.
“Support us in the Lok Sabha elections. We will provide you succour and liberate you from all socio-political discrimination”, Harsh made an appeal to the people.
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