Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Aug 8: Seeking early restoration of statehood to J&K and installation of an elected Government, former Minister and AAP senior leader, Harsh Dev Singh today said that prolonged Central rule in the erstwhile State was a negation of the constitutional guarantees enshrined in the Constitution of India.
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Talking to media persons, here today, he said that people of the erstwhile State were mystified and befuddled by the abrupt abrogation of Article 370 while they had expressed their strong opposition to the dismantling of 200 year old historical State of J&K and downgrading it to the level of UT.
He said that such a move of BJP led Government had not only lowered the morale of the people of erstwhile State but caused huge disenchantment in the hearts and minds of the general masses.
“It was not a demotion of the State only. In fact every sensible citizen felt downgraded and humiliated. It had deeply hurt the sentiments of the people of J&K who felt belittled and dwarfed,” said Singh.
“History bears testimony that J&K acceded to the Union of India in 1947 only due to the historic decision taken by Maharaja Hari Singh despite numerous stumbling blocks, pulls and pressures. The demotion of State to UT level was not only unprecedented in history but amounted to huge disparagement of the patriotic people of Jammu and Kashmir,” observed Singh.
Alleging continued neglect and deprivation of Jammu region, which had overwhelmingly voted for BJP even after abrogation of Article 370, Singh said that the saffron party had failed to redeem any of its promises made to its electorates with majority of the development projects of the area having been either stalled or abandoned.
“The Jammu region which remained the strongest bastion of BJP has continued to remain the victim of the cold criminal negligence of the present regime. The projects including Artificial Tawi Lake, Mubarak Mandi Heritage Project, Development of River Tawi on Sabarmati Pattern, Smart City, Jambu Zoo too have either been abandoned or going at snail’s pace,” he said and added that the only achievement of the BJP led Government after Article 370 abrogation appeared to be the installation of multiple Toll Plazas and opening of multiple liquor vends.
Demanding early restoration of statehood and installation of an elected Government, Harsh Dev urged for personal intervention of the President of India to save the people of J&K from dictatorial and autocratic regime.
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