Excelsior Correspondent
RAMNAGAR, Feb 23: Former minister and NPP chairman Harsh Dev Singh today said that despite having managed 25 Assembly seats in the Dogra heartland of Jammu region during 2014 elections, the BJP had caused greatest embitterment in the hearts and minds of people of Jammu during its 3½ years rule.
Addressing public meetings in Ramnagar area today, Singh said the people had high hopes from BJP. But the aspirations of the people trampled upon ruthlessly by the BJP leaders after their ascendance to power. The very self respect and pride of Dogras was bartered away for petty personal gains and lust of power. Having failed to fulfill even a single promise made by them to their Jammu electorates in their vision document, the mandated BJP leaders worked as mere puppets of Mehbooba Mufti and promoted the Kashmir centric agenda in utter disregard for the sentiments of Dogras, Singh said.
Flaying the BJP for bartering away its age old political philosophy for power sake, Singh said that in doing so it not only compromised with the remnants of its own dignity but with the honour and pride of its people as well.
“Issue of Art 370 and 35A which formed the ideological DNA of BJP were pushed into the oblivion despite they being sold in elections with a big splash. The slogans on grant of PRCs to West Pak refugees and to children of daughters of J&K married outside the state also met the same fate. The policy of appeasement of separatists and anti-nationals was relentlessly pursued with release of around 11,000 stone-pelters together with a new scheme for rehabilitation of surrendered militants. The saffron rule witnessed registration of FIRs against brave-hearts and valiant jawans, disregard for martyrs and coverage of deceased stone-pelters under SRO-43,” Singh said.
Accusing the BJP of having inflicted multiple dents upon Dogra pride, Singh said that people of Jammu will have to unite and make herculean efforts to straighten the same. Calling upon the people to join hands irrespective of caste, creed and colour to overthrow the BJP juggernaut, Singh said that “BJP Mukt” Jammu alone was the solution to the woes of Jammu region.
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