Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Sept 6: The exercise undertaken by Jammu & Kashmir Government to educate the people of State in particular about the benefits on scrapping of Articles 370 and 35A will obviously defeat the false propaganda of some vested interests, who are fearing the shutdown of their fortunate shops which they were running for decades by misleading and emotive statements.
This was stated by BJP State spokesperson, Balbir Ram Rattan in a statement issued here, today. While appreciating the exercise Balbir asked the people to acquaint themselves of the facts related to the Article 370 and the harms it has caused the three regions of the J&K during the last 70 years.
Balbir said that the incorporation of this controversial Article in the Indian Constitution was itself temporary and had to go but unfortunately it took 70 long years because few political families wanted to continue with it by giving emotional hue. He said that as far as J&K BJP is concerned, the party always opposed this special provision and right from the days of Praja Parishad had been struggling for its abrogation. Every document of the party, be it political resolution or election manifesto, the BJP always had special mention of abrogating 370. Doing away with this Article was a national commitment of the party and the same got fulfilled last month by BJP while heading Government at Centre under PM Narendra Modi and Home Minister, Amit Shah.
The Government of Jammu & Kashmir is going public through media to clear doubts being created with regard to abrogation of Article 370, Balbir said adding that the people of the State have already suffered a lot on such emotional propaganda and the time has come when a united fight is given to the enemies of peace, development and prosperity of the State.
Balbir said that the people should trust the claims of the Government like post-370 era will see development progress at the grassroots, investors will pump in capital and resources, industries and services will be setup, employment opportunities will multiply, big educational institution will be set up, health sector will grow, agricultural sector will be transformed, agro-processing will take a leap forward and moreover all fundamental rights enjoyed by citizens in the rest of the country will be available to the residents of Jammu, Kashmir and Ladakh.
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