Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, July 3: BJP State president and MP Jugal Kishore Sharma along with party general secretary Bali Bhagat met with a number of Ministers, including Surface & Transport Minister, Nitin Jairam Gadkari, Railway Minister D.V. Sadananda Gowda and Human Resources Development Minister, Smriti Irani, during party’s high level meeting at Union Capital yesterday and discussed with them the issues concerning the State of Jammu and Kashmir.
Talking to reporters here today along with Bali Bhagat, Jugal Kishore Sharma said “we urged Smriti Irani to sanction Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) for Jammu so that the long pending demand of the people is met and the State gets the first ever such institute.
Jugal Kishore Sharma also informed that the State unit of the BJP submitted a charter of demands to Union Government. He said that the BJP-led NDA Government at the Centre will consider the charter of demands and undertake concrete actions to ensure all-round development of all the three regions. He also stated that unlike the Congress and NC, the approach of the BJP is State-centric and inclusive. He reiterated that the BJP will achieve its stated goal of 44+ seats in the coming Assembly elections and form the Government on its own, he added.
Bali Bhagat, who also interacted with media persons, informed that 22 Union Ministers apart from several senior BJP leaders, will tour the State from July 25 onwards to prepare ground for the BJP’s the victory in the Assembly elections.
It demanded special status for Jammu city with grant of tourist city status to Jammu city, Macro-Agro project be sanctioned for Jammu city, Railway Coach Factory, setting up of a Railway Coach Factory in Jammu to generate ample employment opportunities and dissuade the youth from migrating outside the State, development of tourism package for Sanasar, Patnitop, Kud, Mantalai and Mansar so that these salubrious and scenic places are brought on the world’s tourist map, R.S. Pura and the adjoining areas in Jammu province are famous for producing best quality of rice, there has been demand in the area seeking export zone status for it. It would be appreciated if R.S. Pura is declared as an export zone, exploitation of Saffron to the advantage of people and State.
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