LG administration fostering non locals at cost of locals’ livelihood: Rattan Lal

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Daily Excelsior
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Excelsior Correspondent
KATRA, Apr 18: Accusing the BJP Government of providing contracts of development works to non locals, Rattan Lal Gupta, National Conference Provincial President (Jammu) on Monday said that non-locals are being fostered at the cost of livelihood of locals.
Gupta was addressing NC workers’ convention, which was organized by Sher Singh, senior NC leader, who highlighted the repercussions of proposed Ropeway from Katra to Bhawan.
Rattan Lal said that the BJP Government at the Centre has clogged all scope of locals to thrive and live with dignity and pride as it has snatched the livelihood of the people by giving undue preference to outsiders as in the case of contractors, the fact which the Mayor of JMC has also endorsed publically.
Rattan Lal Gupta clarified that NC is not against development of Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine but is asking for maintaining a trade-off between development and the livelihood of the people because blindly creating edifice and giving two hoots to locals’ livelihood will ultimately devastate socio-economic balance of the people, which should not be the case. He said that BJP Government is indifferent towards the local population in J&K and in the race to create records and become popular, it is treating the people badly thus doing injustice. He said that NC is concerned over people who are directly affected with establishment of rope ways.
Rattan Lal Gupta also raised the issue of neglecting of the far off hamlets in the district. He categorically named Bhomag, Moungri, Arnas, Mahore, Gulabgarh and other far flung areas of district Reasi which were neglected to the hilt under the LG regime.
He said people should understand that it is only NC which knows the issues and demands of the people of far off hamlets as historically it has worked in such areas all through. He asked the people to support NC as always to once again see the all round development and welfare of people without any discrimination on the basis of religion, language or any other distinction.
Sheikh Basher Ahmed, Provincial Secretary JKNC Jammu also spoke in the public meeting, which was attended by Pardeep Bali, Tariq Butt, Ashwani Kumar (Phulli Shah), Raj Kumar Sharma, Gandharb Singh, Vikramjeet Singh, Vikram Singh YNC, Rovin Kumar and other NC functionaries.

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