NEW DELHI: Charging the PDP-BJP Government in Jammu and Kashmir with harassing its leader in Jammu and Kashmir Tariq Hameed Karra in retaliation for his outspoken criticism and expose of the BJP-PDP misgovernance in the State, the Congress today said it would continue to expose the divisive agenda, failure of governance and mal-administration of the State Government.
Terming the attempts to harass Mr Karra as an extension of the “unscrupulous brand of politics used by the BJP to seek power in other States”, the Congress said actions of the State Government were a poor reflection on the bankrupt political strategies of the BJP.
In a statement, AICC media incharge Randeep Surjewala said, ”One of the founding members of PDP in July 1999, Mr Karra has sought to resolve the problems of Kashmir within the framework of Indian Constitution.
In the 2014 elections, Mr Karra, who belongs to a prominent political family and whose uncle was Chief Minister of the State (G M Sadiq), was elected by a significant margin. However in October, 2014, when the PDP allied with the BJP, Mr Karra was the first one to raise his voice against the rank political opportunism and betrayal of public mandate.
He even withdrew from the negotiating committee, which was speaking to the BJP at the time.
”On declaration of the alliance, Mr Karra emerged as the most vocal critic of the current BJP-PDP Government, which has pushed the entire J&K in a cycle of mal-governance and violence on account of abject incompetence, bitter differences and malicious intent.
Following Mufti Mohammed’s demise in January, 2016; Mr Karra resigned from his seat in September, 2016 on principle and dedicated himself to exposing the insular and narrow minded agenda of the BJP-PDP Government. In retaliation for his outspoken criticism and expose of the BJP-PDP misgovernance in the State, the Government has decided to seize, illegally and without authority, a property that has been legally recognised as his ancestral land since 1950.
”What makes this case particularly shocking is how the State Government has colluded with forgers and land grabbers to usurp the land. The State Government has also announced its intention to divert the other half of the land for ‘State purposes’. Despite multiple protections given by the High Court of Jammu and Kashmir, the BJP-PDP State Government seems intent to persecute Mr Karra while providing State support through the means of the police machinery to those illegally occupying the land.”
Terming the attempts to harass Mr Karra as an extension of the “unscrupulous brand of politics used by the BJP to seek power in other States”, Mr Surjewala said, ”This attempt at discrediting and harassing rivals instead of facing them in the public domain is now a well-known tactic of the BJP-PDP.
In the last three years, it has become clear that the BJP Government at the Centre desperately wishes to wipe out all bastions of opposition to their uniquely poor brand of governance and administrative incompetence.”
”These actions of the State Government are a poor reflection on the bankrupt political stratagems of the BJP.,” he said. (AGENCIES)
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