‘NC, Cong leaders beating drums on Art 35-A issue pending in SC’

Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Aug 25: BJP State Spokesperson Prof Virender Gupta while reacting to the statements of Farooq Abdullah, GA Mir, Tariq Hameed Karra, Omar Abdullah and other leaders of National Conference (NC) and Congress about Article 35-A said that these parties are beating the drums on the issue which is pending in the Supreme Court and no judgement has been so far delivered.
Their noise may be because of the fact that they are on weak legs and are afraid of the judgement which they pre-assume may go against the retention of article 35A. The criticism of BJP on the issue is also uncalled for as BJP as a party or the Government at the Centre has not challenged the legality of 35A. These parties and their leaders always remained in search of issues so that they can regain back their base among the public, which has rejected them in the assembly elections. Some of the leaders, including Devender Singh Rana is creating panic among the people of Jammu province while exploiting the people of the Province telling that their culture, identity and demography would be put at stake if the Article 35A is set aside by the Supreme Court, Rana also frighten the Dogras that a large flux of people from rest of the country including businessmen will settle in Jammu province, would capture their business and snatch their employment opportunities both in private and the Government sectors, Prof Gupta stated.
He said that is merely a hoax, the fact of the matter is that no person from outside the State is going to settle in the State which have very little resources and potentials to create opportunities for growth and development. The States like Himachal Pradesh or Uttarakhand which have terrain and climatic conditions, mostly similar to Jammu province do not face any such problem of loosing identity change of demography.
The Spokesperson said contrary to what is being propaged by Rana the employment opportunity for the people of Jammu province would increase, if big industries are established.

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