Bhalla asks PDP-BJP to share secret understanding with people

Excelsior Correspondent

Jammu,  Mar 28  : Former Minister and Vice President JKPCC, Raman Bhalla today asked BJP and PDP to explain the delay of  over two and half months, if everything was alright in the  agenda of alliance or share the secret understanding in  this regard with the people of the State.
Addressing party meetings at Nanak Nagar and Digiana today, Mr. Bhalla asked  the BJP and PDP not to take people of the State  for a ride and disclose the further secret understanding over the rights and interests of people for the sake of chair. He said that it is being realized that BJP had completely surrendered over various controversial issues, while it has been further trying to concede  on various matters against the aspiration and interests of people, while maintaining a completely different public posturing to throw dust in eyes of the people
Mr. Bhalla questioned the BJP’s power sharing with PDP despite all sorts of ideological contradictions  and opposite stands  over the core issues of the State, especially of Jammu region.
Mr. Bhalla said that BJP has  double standard on all principles and is trying to prove ultranationalist in Delhi and elsewhere while hobnobbing with those who advocate different approach in the State .
He said that this is very surprising situation  which people of the state are watching,  as to how both the parties are taking the people for granted and trying to keep them in the dark about the entire issue.
Mr. Bhalla said that both the parties are trying to hide their  surrender and compromise on various issues of public for which they  sought votes by exploiting the emotional issues of  regionalism  and religious sentiments. He said that the people have right to know as to what happened to the promises made by the BJP for more than six decades to the people of the state and the nation to remove the  Article  370, grant citizenship to the West Pakistan refugees, sealing the borders to check any sort of infiltration and crush the militancy with iron hand by strengthening the  hand of security forces.
He questioned the status of promises of BJP for smart cities ,fullfledged  AIIMS, Artificial Lake ,delimitation of Assembly segments, one time settlement of PoK and West Pakistan refugees and reservation of Assembly seats for refugees and KPs and colonies for border residents etc .