Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Mar 14: Perturbed by the Govt apathy towards the civil unrest and mass agitation for the demand of district status at Nowshera, Sunderbani and Kalakote in Rajouri, NPP has appealed to the Governor for his kind indulgence so as to settle the issue and diffuse the crisis.
Addressing a press conference here today, Harsh Dev said that there seems to be deep rooted conspiracy hatched by BJP-PDP alliance as they had purportedly provoked the people in Nowshera, Sunderbani and Kalakote under a well planned ‘divide and rule’ policy. The people sharing a common demand of creation of another district in Rajouri were divided and pitted against one another so as to delay and thereby deny and deprive them of their most coveted aspiration of an administrative unit which was genuine in nature, he regretted.
NPP leader held the Saffron party squarely responsible for mishandling the situation in Rajouri. With Nowshera observing complete bandh for the last 27 days and having suffered immense losses in terms of commerce, trade and academics, the normal activity in the other two areas of Sunderbani and Kalakote had also come to grinding halt due to prolonged shutdown calls, anguished Harsh said.
Dubbing the State Government’s idea of proposing rotational ADCs in the disturbed tehsils as mere eye wash, Harsh Dev said that the arbitrary decision had further worsened the situation as the people had categorically refused to accept the proposal and warned to intensify the agitation until their genuine demand was conceded by the Government.
Asserting that every problem has a solution, he endorsed the demand of creation of additional district to Nowshera-Sunderbani-Kalakote and suggested that the consensus over the location of district headquarters could be made by taking the people of all the three tehsils on board.
He said that incompetent leadership, mal-governance and lack of accountability had created an explosive situation in Rajouri which could prove disastrous if not prudently dealt with.
Paramjit Singh Marshall, Parshotam Parihar and Basharat Ali were also present in the conference.
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