Excelsior Correspondent
Jammu, July 5: Addressing impressive gatherings of leading civil society members drawn from all walks of life at Rehari and Bahu Fort here, chairman of AIIMS Coordination Committee (ACC) and president of JKHCBA, Jammu, Abhinav Sharma today said that the BJP would lose its face if it went back on its 18th June commitment made in full public view.
The BJP would lose its face if it failed to implement in letter and spirit its written commitment that necessary orders for the establishment of the AIIMS in Jammu will be issued latest by 20th July” Sharma said, adding “the BJP just cannot afford to commit yet another political blunder as the people of the ignored and marginalized Jammu region are anxiously looking forward to that day when the BJP will deliver its solemn promise.”
“The people of Jammu region are already angry with the BJP because it struck a power-sharing deal with the Kashmiri party, PDP, that was out and out anti-Jammu region and that deprived people of the region of even that inadequate share in the governance of the state they had under the earlier regimes,” he said, adding that the plight of people of Jammu region was never so pathetic as it has been since March 1st, when the BJP forged an alliance with the PDP, which was known for its anti-Jammu bias and which had no support-base either in Jammu region and Ladakh.
Emphasizing the need for an AIIMS in Jammu region, Retd Sessions Judge and president Jammu Province Peoples Forum (JPPF), Pavitar Singh told the civil society members that that Kashmir already has an AIIMS-like Medical Institute at Soura, besides two other well-equipped medical colleges and hospitals. It would be another act of gross discrimination with people of Jammu region if the authorities in the state and at the centre overlooked these realities and insist on establishing another AIIMS in Kashmir.
Among others who addressed the public awareness meetings included chairman SoS, International (Organiza-tion raising the cause of PoK refugees) Rajiv Chuni, vice-president, Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCI), Deepak Aggarwal, President Dalit Chetna Manch, Sham Lal Basson, vice-president Lower Raghunath Bazaar Association, Dheeraj Langar and Lalit Kumar.
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