Excelsior Correspondent
SAMBA, Nov 18: Senior Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader and former minister Harsh Dev Singh today said that BJP regime has humiliated Dogras by demoting historic J&K State to the Union Territory (UT).
In a massive rally organized in Samba today AAP leader invited the attention of the Govt towards the basic problems faced by the common masses who were suffering due to their gross neglect at the hands of an apathetic and indifferent administration.
The AAP rally which started from Vijaypur, culminated at Samba where the gathering was addressed by several Party leaders including Harsh Dev Singh and Yash Paul Kundal.
Speaking on the occasion, Harsh Dev said that J&K had suffered socially, politically and economically after its re-organization and division into two Union Territories. “With J&K having been divested of its statehood status, the trade, tourism and economy of the erstwhile princely Dogra state of the country has been adversely impacted. While the economy fast dissipated and the development scenario witnessed a downward slide, the ever growing unemployment seemed to be the only notable feature of the BJP rule. The past few years witnessed massive public uprisings against the anti- Jammu and anti- people policies of the ruling dispensation which continued to be suppressed through iron fist of police and civil administration,” Singh said.
Describing the BJP’s handling of dissent and disquiet as oppressively bizarre, undemocratic and morally sinister, Singh appealed to the people not to succumb before the designs of the power hungry rulers. He assured that AAP would stand with people through thick and thin and continue to expose and oppose the BJP for its political debauchery.
Addressing the huge gathering, Harsh Dev lambasted the BJP for having done the greatest disservice to J&K by demoting it to the level of UT. It has humiliated the Dogras by dismantling the oldest Dogra state.
Yash Paul Kundal alleged that a deep rooted culture of corruption was prevalent in the UT, wherein the vigilante organizations needed to keep a close watch over the functioning of various departments like PHE, Education, PWD, Power, CAPD and RDD. He said that the lackadaisical approach of the concerned authorities was responsible for the power and drinking water crisis in the majority of the rural areas. The rally was organized by AAP District president Samba Lovely Sambyal.
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