NC fails to fulfill pre-poll promises: Manjit

Manjit Singh and other senior leaders of Apni Party along with new entrants of the party at an event in Samba.
Manjit Singh and other senior leaders of Apni Party along with new entrants of the party at an event in Samba.

Excelsior Correspondent

SAMBA, Aug 4: Apni Party Jammu provincial president and former Minister, Manjit Singh has asked Chief Minister Omar Abdullah and his Cabinet colleagues to resign from the Government as the National Conference failed to fulfill the pre-poll promises made with the people of Jammu and Kashmir.
“The NC formed a majority Government with the support of Congress party in J&K, and assured that they will fulfill all the promises made with the people of the erstwhile state of J&K. However, nothing happened,” he said while speaking at a one day worker’s convention, organized by Vishal Nariana, provincial president, Youth Wing of Apni Party, at Rajpur Kolar in Samba.
In the convention, more than 700 leaders and workers participated and more than 300 workers from different political parties joined the Apni Party in presence of Manjit Singh.
While welcoming the new entrants into the party folds, the former Minister said that the joining of hundreds of workers from different political parties shows the desperation among the people and hope with the Apni Party.
“The people, particularly educated youth, are disappointed with the Government as it failed to fill-up the vacancies by referring them to the recruitment agencies,” said Manjit Singh.
He said that the people in J&K had hopes with the NC, but the ruling party exploited the emotions of the people converting them into a vote bank, and get majority to form the Government with hollow slogans.
Instead of providing governance to the people, he said that the NC is trying to convince people that the BJP is not allowing them to work freely, whereas the reality is opposite i.e., the NC has failed to perform. He called upon the youth to come forward to strengthen the hands of the Apni Party.
Prominent among those who spoke and present on the occasion include provincial vice president Saleem Choudhary, provincial secretary Ajaz Kazmi, Pushp Dev Uppal and Yash Pal Chowdhary.