‘Wave for change in favour of Cong begins’
Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Jan 29: Pradesh Congress Committee (PCC) president, Ghulam Ahmed Mir has said that minimum income guarantee programme announced by the AICC president Rahul Gandhi on Monday for the poor people will be a great revolutionary move in the history of the country and J&K state will be a great beneficiary of this programme.
Addressing a press conference at PCC headquarters here today, PCC chief said that party president Rahul Gandhi on Monday announced that if Congress comes to power in coming Lok Sabha elections, his Govt will implement minimum income guarantee programme which will be a great revolutionary step. He said till now, several schemes like MGNREGA, having 100 days job guarantee to the poor people and Food Security Act were implemented by the previous UPA Govt for the welfare of the poor people in the country. But this new scheme will provide a minimum guaranteed income to the families whether they go for work or not, live in rural area, urban or semi-urban locality, they will be benefited irrespective of caste, creed or religion, Mir maintained.
Mir said the state like J&K which is backward in many ways will be benefitted a lot if this scheme is implemented. He congratulated AICC president and party high command for coming out with such a great move for the benefit of the people of this country. He said PCC fully supports this move and extend gratitude to the party high command. He said with the joining of active politics by Priyanka Gandhi the party would further receive momentum. It has already shown good performance in some states during recent Assembly elections and a new trend has already been set in motion.
Senior PCC leaders, Nwang Rigzin Jora, Raman Bhalla, Mula Ram, Vikrmaditya Singh, Ravinder Sharma, Shahnawaz Choudhary and Neeraj Gupta also accompanied.
Earlier, addressing a party convention at Shakti Nagar (Jammu West) Mir said that the 2019 would be an year of change in the Country, as the wave for the change has already begun with the results of recent Assembly elections in five states.
PCC Chief charged the Modi Govt for the failure to fulfill the tall promises made during 2014 elections and the people now realize that they have been befooled and exploited on different slogans which turned out to be false. He said Prime Minister Modi does not talk now of black money which he had to bring back in 100 days and deposit in the account of every citizen at the rate of Rs 15 lakhs. Where are two crore jobs every year, promised by him, he questioned. The people have to face unprecedented hike and multiple forms of Tax, Mir added.
He further said that most of the promises by the BJP has remained unfulfilled, as general elections are around, so the people have voted for change in different states and expressed confidence that the same trend shall follow in coming elections in the Country including J&K State. He said that Congress president has promised a guarantee minimum income to everyone in country on coming to power.
Mir blamed BJP of total betrayal with the people after getting huge mandate in the last elections. The people should teach the BJP a lesson for seeking huge mandate on falsehood and sheer exploitation of the sentiments of the people.
He said that the entry of Priyanka Gandhi in active politics has unnerved the BJP which is evident from cheap narratives of the several senior BJP leaders, against her. She has every right to be politics being from political family having great contribution for the country including two members martyred for the nation.
Former minister Nawang Rigzin Jora exposed the misdeeds of BJP Govt at the Centre and State. He dwelt at the length the Rafale issue and questioned Modi Govt for its refusal to accept Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) probe, if everything is alright. He also questioned the BJP’s role in Govt with PDP, which was most discriminatory regime as far as Jammu and Ladakh regions are concerned.
Former MP Madan Lal Sharma lashed out at the BJP for its total surrender for the sake of power and compromised on the commitments made to the people, to seek mandate. He said real face of BJP is totally exposed, as it is most power hungry party. The people will not forgive BJP in the coming elections in the state, he added.
Former minister Raman Bhalla lambasted the BJP for its total failure to represent aspirations of people of Jammu region in the Govt as BJP ministers and legislators were the puppets in the hands of PDP and were dancing to the tunes of Mehbooba Mufti. He said Jammu people suffered a lot during BJP-PDP regime.
The function was organized by PCC general secretary Manmohan Singh which was attended by several senior leaders including- Vikramaditya Singh, Kanta Bhan, Ravinder Sharma, Rajnish Sharma, Indu Pawar, SS Shingari, Shiv Kumar Sharma (INTUC), Hira Lal Pandita, Suresh Dogra, Kuldeep Verma, Vinod Sharma, Gourav Chopra, Rajider Singh Jamwal, Jai Singh and others.
Former Provident Commissioner Kamal Mahindru along with his supporters joined the party. They were welcomed to the stage and party fold by PCC chief and other senior leaders of the party.
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