Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, June 26: Former minister and senior vice president of National Conference Surjeet Singh Slathia today said that peace and governance have taken a big hit under the PDP-BJP Government in Jammu and Kashmir.
“While the present insensitive dispensation has plunged the State into unprecedented crisis, the development has come to a grinding halt and governance at the lowest ebb”, Slathia said while addressing a huge workers rally at Nanpur Ramgarh in Vijaypur Assembly Constituency this afternoon.
The former minister said due to wrong policies of the coalition dispensation the normal life in entire State is in jeopardy, especially as the government has lost will to govern. The lack of political direction has terribly impacted the administration that is seen wanting in every sector. In this context, he referred to the administrative breakdown, developmental paralysis and poor condition of utility services which have led to acute drinking water scarcity and frequent load shedding in most parts of Jammu. This has made the life of people, particularly in the Jammu region miserable. Similar is the scenario with respect to rations, provision of agriculture inputs to farmers and lack of basic minimum necessities to the people, Slathia said, adding that the people are disillusioned and disenchanted with the present Government.
He decried diversionary tactics being adopted by both the coalition partners to cover up their failures. “They are more talking politics and less attending to the woes of the people that have created a peculiar situation”, he said and referred to various contentious issues raked up by PDP and BJP to satiate their constituencies. He said there are inherent contradictions between the two on important matters of governance. While the people have been left to fend for themselves, the two parties were indulging in real politics to escape responsibility, he maintained.
Present on the occasion included Block President Mohan Singh Patti, President OBC Cell Samba Joginder Kumar, ex Sarpanch Omparkash besides Darshan Singh, ex-Panch Meena Kumari, Omparkash Attri, Sodagar Gupta, Sunny Chou-dhary, Karnail Singh and others.
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