Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Sept 23: Criticizing National Conference and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for giving call of boycotting civic bodies elections, former Minister and MLA Raipur-Domana, Bali Bhagat today said that black-mailing politics of the leadership of these parties has been exposed. He said that PDP and NC have given boycott call to keep separatist groups in good humour.
Addressing series of public meetings in support of party candidates for Jammu Municipal Corporation (JMC) elections, Bhagat said that Union Government headed by Narindra Modi has given befitting reply to the blackmailing politics of PDP and NC leaders. “Instead of giving importance to blackmailing politics of these two political outfits, Union Government has given importance to the wishes and aspirations of the people of J&K, who want strengthen of democratic institutions at the grass-root level”, he said and added that history was testimony to the fact that Kashmir centric parties, be it NC or PDP, have always deprived people of J&K of their constitutional and democratic rights.
Former Minister further said that decision to hold civic bodies and Panchayat elections was taken for the welfare of the people because setting up these bodies though democratic system would ensure flow of funds from the Centre.
“J&K loses amount worth Rs 1500 crore due to delay in conducting civic bodies elections and Rs 4900 crores due to non existing of Panchayati Raj system in J&K”, he said and told the people that after completion of the elections of civic bodies and Panchayats this huge amount would be released by the Centre for the over-all development of J&K.
Calling upon the people to teach Congress a lesson for depriving common masses of their democratic rights, he said Congress has always betrayed people of Jammu region for the lust of power. He exhorted upon the people to teach a lesson to the Congress in the coming Urban Local Bodies (ULB) elections.
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