Excelsior Correspondent
RS PURA, Apr 19: The Jammu and Kashmir Pradesh Congress Committee (JKPCC) chief, Tariq Hameed Karra today launched a scathing attack on the Centre during an impressive bike and car rally in R S Pura, asserting that the recent developments surrounding the Women’s Reservation Bill reflect what he termed as the “anti-women and anti-democratic mindset” of the Modi Government and its biggest Legislative failure.
Addressing a large gathering here today Karra said that despite tall claims of women empowerment, the failure to ensure the passage of delimitation bill is a moral defeat of PM Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah. He said they have no right to rule and should step down on moral grounds.
When women reservation bill had already been unanimously passed in 2023, what was this move of Modi Government, he questioned.
Non- implementation of women’s reservation, after its unanimous passage in Parliament in 2023, reflects a lack of political sincerity and will of Modi Government. The Government tried to befool and camouflage the recent move under the garb of women reservation but utterly failed in their nefarious move to hold delimitation without census, Karra added.
He stressed that the Congress remains committed to ensuring adequate representation to women in legislatures and decision-making bodies, as it already ensured 33 percent reservation to women in PRIs in the country.
Karra highlighted a range of pressing public issues affecting JKUT, including unemployment, inflation, weakening of democratic institutions, and what he described as the continued marginalization of local voices in governance. He said that people of J&K are grappling with economic distress, lack of job opportunities for youth, and inadequate attention to border and rural development.
Working president Raman Bhalla said that the rally symbolizes the growing public dissatisfaction with the Centre’s governance and dual control system in J&K. He emphasized that rising prices of essential commodities, unemployment, and neglect of border areas have severely impacted the daily lives of people in J&K.
The rally was organised by former minister Ch Gharu Ram. Prominent among those present included – Mula Ram, Abdul Majeed Wani, T S Bajwa, Ved Mahajan, Th Balbir Singh, Yash Pal Kundal, Neeraj Kundan, Hari Singh Chib, Ajaib Moton, Ajay Lakhotra and Dwarka Choudhary.
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