Excelsior Correspondent
KATHUA, Feb 13: Senior Congress leader and former MLA Billawar, Dr Manohar Lal Sharma today said that wrong policies of BJP Government have added miseries of the people.
Addressing public meeting at village Dhamal in Kandi block of Billawar constituency, Dr Sharma expressed serious concerns over the betrayal of BJP with people of Jammu. He alleged that PDP-BJP Government has failed on all fronts.
He said the people of Jammu region are accusing present dispensation for adopting anti-people and anti-poor policies since its formation. The public of the entire area is suffering due to lack of basic day-to-day amenities like lack of un-interrupted power supply, portable water, non-availability essential commodities like ration, sugar and medical facilities and steep arise in the daily consumable commodities.
Dr Sharma said it is very unfortunate that the State as well as Central Government are imposing more tax in shape of toll tax i.e by increasing 80 to 100 Rs per quintal at Lakhanpur and GST instead of decreasing to keep control on prize rise of essential commodities and other key construction materials which is all time high.
He said the public of the entire Jammu region has suffered due to the lack of governance in the last more than two years. Virtually all the ministers remained busy in transfer and postings of their blue eyed persons and enjoying the comforts by making money out of these workings, whereas the people suffered for the want of basic amenities. He accused the BJP that it had surrendered the interests of the Jammuites for the sake of power and deceived the people who voted heavily in favour of the party during the last Assembly elections.
The Ex-MLA alleged that failure of the Government exposed the real face of BJP and its leadership before the public of the region. He said that BJP made tall claims and raised hollow slogans but after coming in power, it surrendered itself completely at the hands of PDP to enjoy power. He pointed out that condition of link road Dhamal is very bad, there is leakage in PHE reservoir Dhamal and pending work of black toping of Chhan Rorian road since 2014-15 has not completed till date.
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