Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Apr 2: Expressing anguish over growing tendency among the opposition parties to mislead the public by false statements, BJP today said that it respects right of the opposition to criticise Government but hopes for a constructive criticism.
In a statement, State BJP spokesperson, Brig Anil Gupta asked the political parties to face the realities and stop false propaganda as the people of the State are intelligent enough to not to easily forget the humiliations of the past and distinguish between genuine or false criticism.
Condemning the Congress for allegedly misleading the people through statements that Centre and State Governments diluted the rights of SCs, STs and OBCs, Brig Anil Gupta asked the Congress leaders to first clarify as to who had denied them their basic rights? “Why the OBCs were denied their 27 percent reservation quota despite the judgement of Supreme Court in famous Indra Sawhney’s case delivered in 1992 when Congress Government led by Ghulam Nabi Azad in the year 2005, enacted the J&K Reservation Act and Rules repealing SRO-126 of 1994? Why did Azad not adopt 85th Amendment to Constitution of India-2001, which was meant to provide reservation benefits to the SC/ST Government employees in promotion?” he asked.
“Why the SCs of the State were denied for 20 years their constitutional right till 1970 by the then democratic rulers (Congress and National Conference) by citing the excuse of the special status of the State? Which political parties are responsible for the special status is well known to the people? Why Scheduled Caste Sub Plan (SCSP), applicable in rest of the country since 1979 is not implemented in J&K depriving the deserving section of opportunities of growth and development?” questioned Brig Gupta.
He further sought to know who was responsible for the denial of constitutional and basic human rights to the Valmikis and West Pakistan refugees (mostly SC). “The opposition must explain to the people,” demanded Brig Gupta further seeking to know why they have been debarred the privilege of citizenship when they have been living in the State for decades?
The BJP spokesperson sought to clarify that the STs have been denied political reservations in the State by all previous Governments while the BJP has been demanding the same. “Why 95th Amendment to the Constitution of India was not made applicable to J&K by the Congress-NC Government in 2009?” he asked.
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