Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Aug 2: Describing the BJP’s tall claim of reaching out to the last person in the society as yet another ‘Jumla’, former Minister and senior National Conference (NC) leader Ajay Kumar Sadhotra said they have fulfilled their promise by inflicting all the miseries to the last person.
Addressing a public meeting at Chak Lal Din (Dei Chak) in Marh Assembly Constituency, which was presided by Charanjeet Singh (block president), Sadhotra said that all categories of people and not only the ‘last person’ are feeling the callousness of the BJP’s double engine Government on all fronts, the drinking water and power supply in particular.
“The situation is quite precarious during the ongoing humid and scorching monsoon season across the Jammu Region with the most important services playing pranks, leaving the people to sweat due to erratic power supply and suffer because of dry taps most of the time. The smart meter installations and the whopping electric bills are added punishments to the consumers,” he added.
Sadhotra said the conditions of the ‘last man’ in the society are pitiable. “The old, physically challenged and destitute are denied the pensions, the only source of succor for them,” he said, adding that this is because of the inherent arrogance and anti- poor mentality of the BJP.
He also spoke in length over the rising prices, saying inflation had hit hard the budget of the middle, lower middle and the poor segments of the society. He also referred to the burgeoning unemployment problem and lack of vision in the administration to cope with the situation and said scams in the recruitment process has belied the hopes of the job seekers.
Sadhotra said the daily wagers in various departments are craving for regularization for over a decade but the administration continues to remain in denial towards their legitimate grievances.
On the occasion, hundreds of people led by Varinder Kumar Lakhotra joined NC. Sadhotra and other local leaders welcomed the new entrants.
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