Excelsior Correspondent
POONCH, June 30: While asking ruling Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders to come concrete on their promises made with border people in last four years, senior NC leader Ajaz Jan today reminded country’s Home Minister Rajnath Singh of his statement terming border people as ‘real strategic asset’ and said that asset of country is even deprived of basic telecommunication facility in the era of ‘Digital India’.
Jan, a former MLA and party’s youth wing provincial president, in a statement here after completing his three days tour of border villages located in Poonch and Saujian sector of Poonch district said that BJP leaders of Jammu region have failed to come up to the expectations of the people of this region. The people are feeling cheated.
During his tour, Jan visited several villages and interacted with people living there.
While interacting with party leaders, people living close to LoC and under the shadow of guns, recounted their horror in their lives at time when cross border firing takes place and also put forth a number of their demands including construction of adequate number of bunkers, improving road connectivity, plots in safer areas, better provisions of employment, holding special recruitment drives and provision of basic telecom facilities.
In his statement, Ajaz Jan, NC leader, has said that Government’s decision to raise border battalions is an appreciable step and Government deserves appreciation for it.
He, however, counted a number of other promises made with the people of border areas and reminded BJP leaders of these promises. He demanded plots for the people living closer to border, at safer places.
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