Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Apr 13: Senior Congress leader and former minister Raman Bhalla has strongly criticized BJP Government and J&K UT Administration for their anti-people and anti-trade policies.
While interacting with local traders and businessmen here today, Bhalla alleged that J&K Administration intends to sell the local resources and trade to the outside people at the cost of local traders and stakeholders. He said BJP Government only wants to earn revenue out of anything at the cost of people who are suffering on multiple fronts and have to pay from their nose.
Bhalla said those who voted and supported BJP in the past, are now regretting for giving absolute power to the party which is now taking anti- people, anti-Jammu decisions and looting the people through taxes and earnings. The common man can’t afford the rates and people are suffering a lot.
Now, the Government has decided to hit the liquor trade as a result several traders shall be uprooted while the future generations would be spoiled and such policies for the sake of earning revenue at the plight of the people. These anti- people policies of the BJP have caused great resentment amongst the people who are being fleeced from all sides.
Bhalla further said that earlier the Government sold the minor minerals and the people are paying heavy price due to loot and unprecedented price of the sand and bajri .He reiterated his Party’s demand for rollback of existing Geology and Mining policy in Jammu and Kashmir. Highlighting the lacunas in the existing mining policy, Bhalla said it is because of the present policy that there is an acute shortage of construction material in Jammu and Kashmir. He claimed that all sections of society were suffering under BJP rule as promises made to them have turned out to be hollow.
Launching attack on BJP Govt, the Congress leader said that this Government has left no stone unturned to destroy democratic institutions. He stressed that the J&K needed fair and strong constitutional institutions.
Bhalla lambasted the Centre for “decimating” small and medium businesses resulting in millions of job and livelihood losses across various sectors of economy. He said BJP has “lost” the trust of people of J&K forever. The BJP leaders have no concern for the poor.
Follow our WhatsApp channel