BJP attacks Cong on Ambedkar issue
Avtar Bhat
JAMMU, Dec 24: Making a scathing attack on Omar Abdullah Government, BJP national
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general secretary and party incharge for J&K and Ladakh UTs, Tarun Chugh criticized NC Government for its failure in coming up to expectations of the people of UT and fulfilling its poll promises.
Talking to reporters on the sidelines of a party programme held in connection with active membership drive here today, Chugh accused Omar Government of losing the trust and support of the people by failing to deliver on its promises.
He took a dig at the drama started by NC on reviewing the reservations, he said the party is trying to snatch the right of the oppressed and suppressed people and BJP will stand a watch dog for the rights of these people.
“The NC Government has failed to deliver and the party has no moral right to govern as it has lost the trust and faith of the people of J&K, Chugh said, adding this Government could not provide electricity and water to the people and it had claimed sky during elections to befool the masses.
In response to a question that how the Government could fulfill the promises when it has no powers, Chugh retorted “For providing water and electricity no powers are needed’’.
“The Omar Government has lost its identity, trust, and public support. It has descended into politics of revenge and vendetta, completely forgetting the promises made to the people.”
He alleged Jammu and Kashmir is grappling with severe power and water crises. “Instead of addressing these pressing issues, Omar continues to make fanciful and baseless statements,” Chugh said.
BJP general secretary accused Abdullah of trying to deprive the underprivileged classes of their rights on the pretext of rationalisation of reservation policy.
“The country is run according to the Constitution and nobody will be allowed to fiddle with the rights of the Dalits, Gujjars, Paharis and other underprivileged classes of the society”, he said.
He alleged that the INDIA bloc and the National Conference (NC) have deprived the underprivileged classes of their rights and they are again working on conspiracies to do the same. “In the NC Government, members of the Valmiki Samaj could not get a Government job and the BJP gave the Constitutional right of reservations to these people”, he said.
Taking a strong dig at the Congress, he accused the party of repeatedly disrespecting Dr B R Ambedkar, both before and after Independence.
Chugh alleged the Congress forced Ambedkar to resign, citing his resignation letter as evidence of the “mindset” of first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru towards Ambedkar.
“I was reading a newspaper report (about protests). The Congress party has a long history of disrespecting Dr Ambedkar—during his lifetime and even after his passing (away). This is evident from their actions before and after Independence, including forcing him to resign.
“If you analyse his resignation letter, it exposes the biased mentality of Pandit Nehru, who, as Prime Minister and Congress president, consistently opposed Ambedkar’s ideology,” Chugh said.
He further said, “The Congress, which has consistently insulted Dr Ambedkar during his lifetime, opposed his ideas both before and after Independence.”
Chugh alleged, “If you look at his letters, you will see how Pandit Nehru opposed reservations. The country can never forget how Nehru wronged Ambedkar. Even Nehru awarded the Bharat Ratna to himself, and later Indira Gandhi did the same. However, Ambedkar was denied this honour during their regimes.”
Praising his party’s decision to honour Ambedkar, Chugh said, “It was only during a Bharatiya Janata Party-led Government that Ambedkar was finally awarded the Bharat Ratna—40 years after his death.”
Lashing out at the Congress, he said, “Today, the Congress leaders are shedding crocodile tears, but I want to ask if Rajiv Gandhi, their leader, opposed reservations in Parliament or not.”
Addressing the party members during a workshop at BJP Headquarters earlier, Chugh said BJP is the only political party that follows true internal democracy by holding elections right from the booth level to the national president of the party after every three years.
Meanwhile, Tarun Chugh, accompanied by Rekha Verma, BJP national vice-president and Prabhari Sangathan Parv-Jammu & Kashmir, Shrikant Sharma, observer for organizational elections-Jammu & Kashmir, Sat Sharma, president, J&K BJP, Dr. Narinder Singh, national secretary BJP & MLA, Ashok Koul, general secretary (Organization), Sunil Sharma, Leader of Opposition and general secretary, Jugal Kishore Sharma, MP (Lok Sabha), Ghulam Ali Khatana, MP (Rajya Sabha), Dr. Nirmal Singh, and Kavinder Gupta, former DyCMs, Ravinder Raina, former president of party , Rakesh Mahajan, Returning Officer, J&K BJP Sangathan Parv and other senior leaders of the party addressed the Sangathan Parv workshop.
Tarun Chugh, in his address asked the senior party leaders to meticulously pursue the elections under the Sangathan Parv after the culmination of active membership drive of the party. He stressed that the dedicated party workers should be chosen as the office bearers of the party to strengthen the organization further. He said that in the process of organizational elections, work has to be done based on consent including and involving all. He said that BJP is not a family-oriented party but based on democratic principles.
Rekha Verma appreciated the J&K BJP for the excellent progress in the primary membership and active membership drives so far and said that the national leadership of the party expects similar dedication for the organizational elections under the ‘Sangathan Parv’.
Shrikant Sharma said that he would personally supervise the organizational elections in Jammu & Kashmir. He asked all party leaders to commit themselves to uphold the principle of total internal democracy.
Sat Sharma asked all the party leaders to meticulously conduct all the tasks under the Sangathan Parv in a time-bound manner. He asked the party leaders entrusted with the task of conducting organizational elections to be very fair and unbiased in their approach. He also asked them to adhere to all the guidelines (like age etc) strictly while choosing the right activists for the new assignments.
Ashok Koul prompted the party leaders to share the details of the progress of the ongoing ‘Sangathan Parv’ like primary membership drive, and active membership drive.
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