Excelsior Correspondent
SAMBA, Feb 7: Former Minister and senior National Conference (NC) leader, Surjeet Singh Slathia today expressed concern over marginalization of educated youth, rural poor, especially the border dwellers and sought fast-track measures in mitigating their accumulated problems on account of jobs and provision of minimum basic necessities.
“Youth empowerment and provision of utility services to the poor have received major dent in recent years, courtesy BJPs lack of vision and these issues cannot be put to backburner anymore”, Slathia said while addressing a public meeting at village Gho Brahmana in Vijaypur Assembly Constituency and expressing gratitude to the people for voting and supporting NC in the recently held elections to the District Development Councils (DDCs).
Slathia said Jammu has suffered due to the BJP non-performance and non-seriousness in addressing the core issues with regard to development, employment and implementation of various public welfare schemes. Instead of addressing these issues the BJP has been indulging in rhetoric and its political naivety and immaturity is hugely discernible in the party’s public discourse, which does not augur well for the democratic polity, he added.
He advised the BJP leadership to go for extensive introspection over the failures in Jammu and Kashmir, where it failed miserably in feeling the pulse of the people and assuaging their economic, developmental and political aspirations. He said the BJP leaders have exposed themselves during their stint in ministry, which cost the people hugely and pushed this part of the country to uncertainty and instability. He advised the BJP to read writing on the wall and apologise to the people of Jammu for betrayal and undermining their sense of understanding.
Slathia dared the BJP to spell out just 10 achievements during the party’s first and perhaps last tenure in the Government between 2015 and 2018, saying the people of Jammu have a right to know this, as they gave it a huge mandate in 2014. He said the BJP will have to answer as to what happened to its much trumpeted recruitment drive for the border youth and allotment of five marla plots to border dwellers. Will the BJP also say how many educated unemployed youth were provided jobs in their tenure and why the flagship projects never met the deadlines? he added.
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