Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Nov 22: JKPCC vice president and former minister Raman Bhalla today claimed that Jammu region has suffered unprecedented bias and prejudice under present BJP regime and robbing the Dogra land of its due and legitimate share and observed that Union Govt should not delay in restoring Statehood to J&K, claiming that it will cost BJP dearly as has been witnessed in recent bye-elections.
While interacting with aggrieved people of Nanak Nagar area of Gandhi Nagar Constituency today Bhalla condemned frequent anti-encroachment drives, marking of yellow paints outside shops and dismantling of alleged encroachments in various areas. He condemned dismantling the front elevation and shutters of a prominent shop at ShivaJi Chowk during morning hours. He said that all the issues must be resolved peacefully.
He, however, said that LG Administration is working in a wayward manner and does not even consider court stays in many cases. He extended full support of party to businessmen community. The marking outside the shops in Jammu City has been started by the JMC with yellow to keep the pathway clear from encroachment and the same is being opposed by the shopkeepers of Old City.
Bhalla said that history bore testimony to the fact that Jammu region had all along remained neglected in various spheres including employment, development. He said that most distressing was the fact that incumbent Government gave persistent shocks to Jammuites by their ignominious surrenders on all Jammu related issues under the smoke screen of national interest. And all this notwithstanding the fact that BJP had proclaimed themselves as champions of Jammu cause, he lamented.
With the baggage of mistrust carried by BJP having become murkier and cumbersome, the people of Jammu were impatiently waiting for the early announcement of Assembly Polls in J&K to reply those who betrayed their collective sentiments. Those who were influenced by the pompous promises and seductive slogans had seen through the real face of BJP party and were desperately waiting to teach their mandated leaders a life time lesson.
Accusing BJP of having made unwholesome compromises by it for power sake, Bhalla said that Jammu’s deprivation regretfully continued even after making blunders in J&K claiming that their decisions will revolutionized lives of people of J&K thereby belying the tall claims of the central and state leadership of BJP.
“Leave aside the slogan of equitable development of Jammu region, the self praising leaders of BJP could not even get the collective demand of Jammu for holiday on Maharaja Hari Singh’s birthday,” Bhalla asserted.
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