Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Dec 29: Peeved over the denial of holiday on birthday of Maharaja Hari Singh, NPP chairman Harshdev Singh today said that it was yet another, rather most glaring example of BJP’s lack of commitment towards Jammu and its concerns.
He said that despite repeated promises made to the people to give due honour to the legendary Dogra Ruler by incorporating September 23 in the list of gazette holidays, the BJP Govt has given the last moment shocker to the Jammu people by taking a U-turn. He said that dishonouring the most coveted demand of the Dogra land was an insult to the collective sentiment of Jammu and could cost the Saffron party heavily in the days to come.
Addressing a press conference here today, Singh while supporting all moves of the Centre even at the cost of its own interests, the latter has always failed to reciprocate appropriately, Singh said.
“People of Jammu are used for vote bank politics with hardly any regard for their sentiments. The Centre has all along been focused on Kashmir with Jammu made to play a seemed fiddle. And the tradition continues even after Article 370 abrogation. The latest five months have not seen any change in the Centre’s policy towards J&K except that it has been converted into a Union Territory. Kashmir still continues to get the focused attention of the Union Govt with Central teams making announcements of a “Naya Kashmir” without offering anything to satisfy the urges of Dogra land that gave massive mandate to it,” Singh asserted.
Accusing the BJP of indulging in politics of deceit and treachery, Singh said that it seemed to be living under the mistaken belief that people of Jammu are naive and that it is indispensable. “The pot of BJP’s sins is full to the brim. The Dogras can forget and forgive anything but not the insult to their honour. The denial of holiday on September 23 would deliver the last nail in the coffin of the power intoxicated BJP,” Singh maintained.
Parshotam Parihar, State secretary-PTU and Surinder Chouhan, District president Jammu Rural also accompanied Singh.
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