Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Mar 8: Emphasizing the need for unity amongst the various political parties to seek revival of statehood and restoration of democratic Govt in J&K, Harsh Dev Singh, former Minister and senior NPP leader said that collective efforts were required to be made to ensure justice to the people of the erstwhile State.
“The BJP Govt would continue to deprive the people of J&K of their basic democratic and constitutional rights until and unless the opposition leaders join hands against its authoritarian and despotic rule,” he said while addressing a press conference in Jammu today.
Harsh Dev alleged that BJP was hell bent on demolishing the opposition. “It wants to establish one party system. It’s breaking opposition parties through money and muscle power. It further resorts to coercion, threats, intimidation and persecution to bully the opposition leaders and eventually makes them fall in line. The opposition leaders are either dubbed as anti-nationals or intimidated and harassed through Govt agencies including ED and CBI,’ he said.
Harsh Dev Singh said that not only has J&K been robbed of its statehood status and deprived of legitimate elected Govt but people are being subjected to the most unpopular rule of outside bureaucrats who hardly have any knowledge of J&K and its peculiar problems. “The Govt is resorting to strong arm methods to evict the poor, indigent masses from their small, marginal land holdings and uprooting their houses, shops and other permanent structures without any qualms of conscience. Unemployment is at its peak and Govt jobs are being openly auctioned. The contractuals, daily wagers and other temporary workers are agitating for their rights with none to listen to their shrill cries for justice. Property tax is being imposed without the nod of J&K legislature. The all-round dis-enchantment is leading to alienation and calls for united fight by opposition parties against the mis-rule and atrocities of the present regime,” he said.
Harsh Dev reiterated that it’s high time therefore that all political parties except BJP having faith in the Indian Constitution and its Flag joined hands to restore justice with dignity to the people of the incarcerated land of J&K.
Masood Andrabi, S Paramjit Marshall and Naresh Chib were also present in the press conference.
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