Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, July 29: Former ministers and senior Congress leaders, Madan Lal Sharma (Ex-MP) and Sham Lal Sharma reminded Regional Council for Jammu region and voiced that the funds to this region should be allocated as per district and population share on the pattern of Leh and Kargil Hill Development Councils.
Addressing Block Congress Committee meeting at Maira Mandriyan in Akhnoor today Sham Lal said that the Council for the Jammu region should be Autonomous in nature. He said now the time has come to grant regional autonomy to Jammu and other regions of the state in order to put an end to the disparity among the three regions and to frustrate designs of disintegrating the State. He observed that granting regional autonomy would help in empowering all regions and of the State.
Sharma reminded that in the Working Group headed by Justice Sageer Ahmed had recommended Regional Autonomous Council. While recommending this the all parties of the state were taken on board. Sham further said that the National Conference, off late, is also in favour of granting regional autonomy to all the three regions of the State. He further said that allowing regional autonomy has been enjoined in Congress Party’s manifesto for the years 2008 and 2014.
He reiterated Congress Party’s demand for grant of fully empowered regional councils to Jammu & Kashmir particularly the Jammu region. He said that the BJP has also passed a resolution for grant of regional Council to Jammu & Kashmir. Sham questioned BJP as to Why they have not made any headway towards formation of Regional Councils when they were in power in the State and at the Centre?
Accusing the BJP, Sham Lal said that there has been injustice with Jammu region at all fronts may it be employment, development of Jammu region and providing of basic amenities to the people of Jammu.
Ex MP and Senior Congress leader Madan Lal Sharma hit out at the previous BJP- PDP Government accusing it of betraying the people of the Jammu and not fulfilling the promises BJP had made to them.
While addressing workers Madan Lal said that during the previous BJP- PDP regime it has crossed all limits of injustice with the Jammu region. He said that during the Congress regime, various development projects were taken for Jammu region and most of them have completed during its regime and those which were under progress all together were either abundant or at snails pace.
Madan Lal Sharma said that in order to end discrimination with Jammu region, the only answer is to grant regional council to Jammu region. He said that the people of Akhnoor Constituency are feeling cheated by the BJP as it had not come up their expectations. Number of development projects were completed in Congress regime and the work on remaining projects has come to grinding halt during BJP regime.
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