Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Dec 12: Disseminating the policies and programmes of Panthers Party, NPP chairman and former minister Harshdev Singh today claimed that NPP has proved to be the lone crusader fighting for the cause of Jammu region and socio-economic advancement of Dogras.
Addressing public meetings at Sail Kori Bail Sarail and Chua in Majalta tehsil today, Singh said that NPP had been fighting from streets to Supreme Court for ensuring justice to the deprived Dogra land. Appealing the people to strengthen their own regional party, Singh vowed not to relent and to take the fight for Jammu to its logical conclusion.
Singh lambasted the Coalition Govt particularly the BJP for failing to translate any of its election time promises into reality. He said that BJP had not only ignored its election manifesto but had inflicted the biggest dent upon Dogra pride by its successive surrenders on Jammu centric issues. He said the BJP which had donned the mantle of Jammu’s saviour prior to elections, had given the Dogras a shocker of their lifetimes by their contemptuous and irresponsible conduct after assuming power. He said that various sections of society who had supported the Saffron brigade with unprecedented mandate were seething with anger against the surrenders and blunders of BJP.
Expressing his strong disapproval of the recent steep increase in the prices of food grains, NPP leader called upon the Govt to roll back the same in view of severe hardships caused to the common man. He said that huge increase in the prices of ‘atta’ and rice had received all-round condemnation from the general public who had been awaiting the arrival of “Achhe Din” with baited breath. He said that the sharp hike of Rs 5 per kg in the price of atta from Rs 8 per kg to Rs 13 per kg with further increase in the price of rice from Rs 10 to Rs 15 was most unreasonable and could not be justified by any stretch of imagination. He said that spurt was unprecedented as it amounted to 63% increase in the price of atta and 50% increase in the price of rice which posed the most menacing threat to the pockets of the common man.
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