Excelsior Correspondent
UDHAMPUR, June 30: Accusing the BJP – PDP Govt of divesting the rural and far flung areas of their due share of developmental grants, national Panthers Party leader Harshdev Singh expressed grave concern over the pathetic developmental scenario in such areas.
Addressing public meetings at Mansar, Battal, Sail Kori Bair and Jakhenu villages of Ramnagar constituency today the NPP chairman assails the incumbent leadership for gross neglect of remote areas. He lamented that various flagship schemes launched in the past for development and upliftment of the rural poor had totally collapsed with people fast losing confidence in the present dispensation.
Mr Singh regretted that not only had the newly announced schemes failed to take off but the already existing schemes had also become defunct with the Govt and its ministers totally unaware of the rural woes. He said that rural areas which had voted BJP to power under the mistaken belief of ‘Achhe Din’ were feeling utterly betrayed and cheated and were repenting their decision.
Making a particular mention of Ramnagar constituency, Mr Singh said that not only was the condition of roads deplorable, but the people were facing the worst nightmares due to chaotic power supply, ration shortage and drinking water crises in the constituency. He expressed his dismay over the complaints of several villages who named certain officers refusing to restore their water and power connections without the recommendation of MLA.
Lambasting such officers of PHE, RDD and PDD, NPP leader said that such a callous and insensible approach of the authorities concerned had not only resulted in compounding the woes and miseries of common man but had also deprived several villages of basic needs of drinking water and power due to their lack of access to the MLA.
He referred to some anti- Jammu decisions including the rollback on the Industrial policy, imposition of ‘Jazia’ on Mata Vaishno Devi and Shri Amarnath Yatra pilgrims, besides ‘no’ to Dogra certificates for Jammu youth and said BJP leaders were making vague statements during their working committee meet merely for public consumption. The power hungry legislators from BJP have no sympathy for Jammu people, he added.
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