Excelsior Correspondent
UDHAMPUR, June 2: Harsh Dev Singh, former Minister and JKNPP president said that J&K continued to suffer and bleed while the BJP most uninspiringly was celebrating its nine year rule quite unmindful of the sentiment of the people of UT.
“Is there anything for a political party to celebrate when people are mourning the civilian deaths and targeted killings going unabated especially after the BJP’s ascendance to power?” questioned Singh while addressing public meetings in Mani and Kasuri villages of Ghordi block today.
He said not only Deepu Sharma of Majalta was brutally assassinated by the hate mongers but Rajouri carnage continues to remain a grim reminder of failures of Govt which promised zero tolerance against terror
Describing BJP’s celebrations and merry making as repulsively bizarre, Singh said that its boisterous revel over ‘nine years’ achievements had only triggered cynicism. “The nine year rule of BJP has witnessed extreme form of terrorism in J&K with dozens of episodes of attacks on security forces, civilians, old and the young with 40 soldiers martyred in one single attack of Pulwama,” he said, adding that civilian killings and targeted killings were a thing of the past before 2014 but became a routine feature in the ongoing saffron rule.
Harsh Dev said that demotion of State to the level of UT has been the most obnoxious dent on the pride of the people of J&K. “And rather than restoring statehood, the BJP leadership continues to bully and browbeat those who seek status quo ante. The people have been deprived of a democratic Govt and subjected to ‘babu raj’ of outside bureaucrats having hardly any connect with the common masses. The people are suffering for want of basic civil amenities. There is none to listen to the shrill cries of poor, marginalized classes especially in rural areas seeking adequate power, water supply, medicare and power connectivity. The unemployed youth are on roads and the daily wagers and contractuals without wages for several months and even years with an apathetic regime averse to their woes. Corruption is at its peak and rising prices have made the lives of people miserable. But still the BJP is in celebration mode. Alas! What an irony,” exclaimed Singh.
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