Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, May 24: Former minister and additional general secretary of National Conference Dr Mustafa Kamaal today said that manipulating delay in holding Assembly polls in J&K is another example of BJP Government’s killing democracy in this part of the country.
Addressing working committee meeting of Udhampur- Reasi Zone at party office here today, Kamaal said that BJP Government has demeaned Indian democracy, which at one point of time was considered as the biggest among all, by showing reluctance on holding Assembly elections in J&K fearing its devastation due to anti-people policies. He said that elections are due since long but knowing well about their probable worst ever political debacle the BJP Government is running from polls.
“This is nothing but the killing of democracy by a party which boasted at all forums about being champion of electoral reforms and guardian of democracy”, he said, adding that BJP is defaming country by manipulating poll delay and denying democratic right of voting to the people of J&K by deferring polls on one pretext or the other.
Kamaal said that BJP’s model of democracy is authoritarian because it wanted to impose governance without holding elections thus marring the very spirit of democracy, which the Constitution of the country has guaranteed to the citizens. He said that the entire world is gazing at J&K, how the BJP Government is denying democratic rights to the people.
Provincial president Rattan Lal Gupta said the government on one hand is discussing promotion of tourism in J&K but on the other the tourist spots in Jammu region have been craving its attention because not one, not two but all these destinations are in abysmal condition with travellers going back disappointed due to lack of facilities.
“Surinsar, Jhajjar Kotli, Mansar, Patnitop, Sanasar, Dudu-Basantgarh and several other places having tourism potential in Jammu, Udhampur and Reasi districts are facing phlegmatic attitude of government with poor edifice and sheer indifference of concerned department keeping away the visitors from these places which otherwise are unique examples of nature’s bounties,” he added.
Abdul Ghani Malik, former minister said the ULB and Panchayat polls are in offing in J&K. He asked party cadres to gear up for the polls.
Senior leaders, Bashir Ahmed, Jagjeevan Lal, Vijay Lochan, Pardeep Bali, Sunil Verma, Ram Parshotam, Tariq Butt,Farooq Mughal, Lal Chand, Capt Pavitar Singh, Ch Mohd Shafi and others were also present on the occasion.
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