Excelsior Correspondent
VIJAYPUR, June 23: Alleging that the erstwhile BJP-PDP rule witnessed the complete eclipse of Jammu related issues with both State and Central Govt desperately wooing Mehbooba Mufti and her Kashmir centric agenda, JKNPP Chairman and former Minister, Harsh Dev Singh today predicted that BJP shall meet its Waterloo in Assembly polls.
Addressing a public meeting in Ramgarh area of Vijaypur Assembly constituency, he said that Mehbooba Mufti succeeded in implementing a significant part of her agenda during the erstwhile coalition rule in the State while the BJP hopelessly failed to deliver on even a single promise made by it with its electorates.
“The release of a record number of stone-pelters was ordered at the behest of Mehbooba Mufti as a part of her political agenda. Likewise, the declaration of unilateral ceasefire which was initially opposed by Army as well as Defence Minister was also ordered in a bid to appease Mehbooba and to promote her political agenda. Similarly, it was in the BJP-PDP Govt that a highly communal order with regard to the tribal settlements was issued with the saffron Ministers acting as mute spectators. Again the BJP had to eat a humble pie when PDP leadership prevailed in Rasana case refusing to honour the demand of Jammu people for CBI probe. And whereas the PDP leadership refused to budge even an inch with respect to its core philosophy, it was the BJP which made one surrender after the other and compromising eventually even the self respect and pride of Dogras”, said Singh.
Harsh Dev Singh regretted that slogan of the abrogation of Article 370, which earlier remained the major poll plank of BJP for several decades, was sacrificed immediately after the State Assembly elections at the altar of power politics. “And when Article 35A was challenged, the saffron flavoured Government of J&K hired five advocates in the court to defend the same,” he rued and maintained that the educated youth of Jammu bore the severest brunt of unethical alliance when their routine share in employment also went the Kashmir way.
Yash Paul Kundal, Ex-Minister and president Young Panthers said that not only had the BJP played with the emotions of the people but it had miserably failed on the development front as well.
Yash Paul Sharma, who joined NPP alongwith his supporters after quitting Congress, said that Panthers Party was the only hope for people of Jammu region.
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