‘PM Modi disappointed J&K people’
Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU/SRINAGAR, Mar 7: Congress has said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi today disappointed the entire people of Jammu & Kashmir by not announcing the restoration of statehood and avoiding the core issues of restoration of democracy, snatching of land and job rights, record unemployment and unprecedented price rise, tax terrorism, issues of daily wagers and other temporary employees and various such categories who had pinned hopes on his visit.
Reacting to PM’ speech in Srinagar in an official rally attended by large number of Government employees, JKPCC termed it an old rhetoric and pre -election rally targeting opposition especially those with whom BJP enjoyed power in the past. At that time, all these serious allegations of mismanagement etc were either ignored for power or not known to Modi and BJP, JKPCC senior vice president/ Media Incharge Ravinder Sharma questioned.
“The political aspect of Prime Minister’s speech was on expected lines but it was expected that instead of claiming credit for some of the UPA projects like Medical colleges and two Cancer Institutes and ignoring the massive development like roads, railways, health, education and other fields in the past also, during previous Governments including few of BJP led or shared Governments at the Centre, he would refer to the commitment before the House and the Supreme Court about restoration of illegally snatched statehood and holding of assembly and other elections after over five years now,” Sharma said.
JKPCC chief spokesperson said lakhs of unemployed youth, daily wagers, need based, contractuals and other temporary employees as well regular employees were expecting something for them in the pre- election tour of Modi but returned disappointed and left high and dry.
J&K was one of the states having large share of recruitments in the past in the Armed forces but the youth are frustrated due to Agniveer Scheme which has shattered their dreams. The PM should have also tasked the UT administration for large scale recruitment scams in J&K when he referred to the JK Bank recruitments during their coalition regime while there are also reports of some senior most BJP leaders too have taken undue advantage of JK Bank and caused loss to the bank. Any step to clear clouds over the serious allegation of former Governor Satya Pal Malik and investigation in to Jal Jeewan Mission affairs, would be highly welcome, he added.
Sharma said some of the promises of development like the vital Jammu- Poonch Railway Project and other commitments of 2013 rally should be fulfilled including with Kashmir Pandits and refugees of PoJK before the announcement of general elections, in few days.
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