Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, June 8: Former minister and senior Congress leader Sham Lal Sharma today lambasted the BJP legislatures on their walkout from District Development Board meetings and State Legislative Assembly.
While addressing monthly Block Congress Committee meeting at Akhnoor senior vice president of the Congress party expressed his concern over such walkouts and said walkout is not a solution. In case these members felt indiscrimination they should straightway resign from the Government.
Sham expressed surprised that being in the Government these members are forced to walkout and their issues aren’t heard by the Govt to which they are the party.
He said that the BJP which consider itself Champions of Jammu region is not able to settle the issue of people of Jammu and feel disparity between Jammu region and Kashmir region and also disparity in distribution of funds between two regions. “They should take away their support from PDP and not to behave like mute spectator. Merely protesting from meetings is no answer to genuine issues of the people of Jammu region”, he added.
He also said that BJP formed this Govt with PDP purely on developmental basis which is also mentioned in The Agenda Of Alliane, but now they have been totally exposed as they are directly supporting the contesting candidate from Anantnag who belongs to PDP. BJP claims the contesting candidate to be the common candidate for both the parties.
Taking dig at BJP Sham said that while campaigning both for Parliament and Assembly elections BJP befooled people of Jammu by making huge promises like giving 15 lacs to each member, settlement of various issues of border population and refugees, but none of these promises were fulfilled.
He further said that during election campaign the BJP promised border population that plots will be allotted to them in safer zone. But now the NDA Govt has backed out from his assurance.
He also said that BJP leaders have no sense of responsibility and respect towards the needs and sentiments of people of Jammu.
Sham Lal Sharma has said that there are unscheduled power cuts in whole Jammu and people are facing acute shortage of electricity supply and water. The people have been left to suffer while the elected representatives are least bothered about the public sufferings.
Those who also spoke were Kuldeep Raj Verma Ex Vice Chairman OBC, Balvinder Sambyal, Chairman Seva Dal, Vandana Sharma Secretary Mahila Congress, Rita Kanoj Secretary Mahila Congress, Didar Hussain VC ST Cell JKPCC, S Surjit Singh VC Jammu province minority cell, Gulzar Masih VC Jammu Province minority cell, Naresh Lumar AYC president Akhnoor, Vijay Block Mahila Congress, Subash Langer Convenor, Sarpanchs and Panches.
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