Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Feb 12: Former minister and senior Congress leader Raman Bhalla today launched a scathing attack on the BJP Government alleging that every section of the society, including farmers, traders, youths and Government employees were fed up with this “anti-people” dispensation.
“The situation in J&K is going from bad to worse,” he alleged. He called on Congress workers to take the message of party to every village and town in J&K. Interacting with party workers of Bhour Camp area of Gandhi Nagar constituency as a part of door- to- door campaign, Bhalla said that J&K is on ventilator under the BJP rule. The party has failed on all fronts.
Bhalla alleged that farmers have not been paid compensation for damaged crops, youth are jobless and development is stand still. Citing grave example of callousness of BJP, he said one of the tube wells installed at Bhour Camp Ward 2 for the purpose of irrigation has been defunct for the last five years despite bringing the same into the notice of BJP leadership. Moreover sanitation scenario in ward deserves urgent attention of concerned authorities otherwise may invite epidemic in area, Bhalla added.
PCC leader urged the Govt to consider the long pending demands including regularization and regular wages of agitating daily wagers, need based, ITI trained, CP workers and other such categories of workers in PHE, Irrigation and Flood Control Department. He regretted that the UT Administration has not appreciated their genuine demands, as a result they have chosen path of protest and agitation and suspended work. This has affected the water supply in most parts in Jammu and Kashmir, but the Government has yet to respond positively to their demands. Bhalla urged upon the UT administration to immediately concede their long pending demands and to restore water supply in the larger interest of general public.
Bhalla questioned full package of Rs 25 lakh per family as recommended by the erstwhile Congress Govt which was revised to Rs 30 lakh by Joint Parliamentary Committee, which has not been sanctioned, so far by BJP to the DPs from PoJK. He questioned the betrayal of the BJP for failure to fulfil the commitment of providing full amount. He said thousands of families have been waiting for Rs 5.5 lakh package and delay in disbursement is deliberate on the part of authorities.
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