Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Apr 18: The Congress today accused the ruling PDP-BJP coalition Government of failing to deliver the promises it made to the people of Jammu and Kashmir during and before the assembly elections.
“The PDP-BJP Govt has lost the trust of the people in a short span of 10 months, because of utter failure of the coalition to fulfill their tall claims during and after elections and their opportunist stand on every important issue”, former Minister and senior Congress leader Raman Bhalla said while addressing a rally at Nanak Nagar today.
Mr Bhalla accused the NDA Government of “re-branding” and changing nomenclature of development-oriented schemes of the previous UPA Government to take credit. Citing the case of MGNREGA, Congress leader said the BJP leadership had initially criticised it to malign the UPA Government but the Modi Government had to make a U-turn and was forced to celebrate its 10 years of completion because of the remarkable success.
The BJP led NDA Government has betrayed and cheated the refugees of 1947, 1965 & 1971 from PoK and those from West Pakistan in the recent package announced by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the State. The package of one time settlement of refugees comprising financial assistance/ relief of Rs 25 lakhs per family amounting to over Rs 9000 crore along with several other concessions was recommended by the previous Congress-NC Govt to the Centre. But the BJP which promised to ensure one time settlement of refugees of PoK including those from Chhamb, Mirpur and Muzaffarabad besides promising citizenship to West Pakistan refugees before the Lok Sabha and Assembly elections, has betrayed them after assuming power.
Bhalla said it was during UPA regime that the Central University for Jammu, four new cluster universities, 47 new colleges, a large number of new hospitals at various levels, power infrastructure and public health related projects were initiated in Jammu region. The present Govt was just taking credit by cutting the ribbons. He asked the workers to gear up the activities at ward level to strengthen the party and take up problems of the people with the Administration.
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