Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, May 28: Senior Congress leader and AICC Steering Committee Member Tariq Hameed Karra today said that Jammu and Kashmir is most neglected on economic, development employment and other fronts while present dispensation at Centre has only made false promises and miserably failed to restore confidence among the people, who are feeling cheated and betrayed.
While addressing a well attended Congress workers convention of Bemina Unit of Central Shalteng segment in Srinagar District, he slammed the Centre Govt for failing people of J&K on all fronts after snatching their rights and other privileges granted under the Constitution of India.
“Unemployment has risen considerably, development which the BJP Govt is claimed to have done is nowhere to be seen, but the inauguration of projects especially those already sanctioned by the previous ruling dispensations happen day in and day out,” he said and termed such measures as misleading and an attempt to hide failure on all fronts.
Senior Congress leader expressed dismay over the disconnect being witnessed between people and the administration in absence of the democratically elected Govt. He lamented that elections are not being held on one pretext or the other aiming to rule J&K directly from the Centre.
Referring to the local issues concerning people in Bemina, Karra criticized installing of smart meters aiming to put burden on the pockets of people living Below Poverty Line (BPL) and said these poor people cannot afford to pay the electric fee being charged through smart meters, as they make their both ends meet with great difficult. He also expressed serious concern over the withdrawal of financial assistance of widows and old aged and demanded that their monthly assistance must be restored. He criticized the Govt move of withdrawing AAY ration quota of BPL families of Bemina, who are not able to purchase the required ration from the Govt and demanded that AAY ration be restored to BPL category.
Senior Congress leader also urged upon the Govt to come out with a special package for unemployed youths and regularization of casual, daily and need based employees working in different departments.
Senior Congress leaders Surinder Singh Channi and Nissar Ahmad Mundoo also addressed the convention.
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