Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Apr 11: Former Minister and senior National Conference leader Ajay Kumar Sadhotra today assailed the BJP for trampling and betraying the visionary legacy of Maharaja Hari Singh by revoking the exclusive rights of the people of Jammu and Kashmir on their lands and jobs.
“Instead of indulging in rhetoric, the BJP must realize the damage caused to the rights of the people by scrapping the constitutional provision based on the 1927 enactment of the permanent resident law by the great Maharaja”, Sadhotra said while interacting with prominent people at Raipur in Balwal.
He said the insult to the injury of the J&K people is that while Ladakh has succeeded in securing safeguard to jobs and lands, a double yardstick is being applied to us. This has already resulted in terms of lands allotted to outsiders and attempts being made to open up jobs to the non state subjects at the cost of the bonafide permanent residents here, he said, adding that Jammu is going to suffer the most being in close proximity to the chances of non-state subjects making their way to Jammu are more likely because of its proximity to other parts of the country and conduciveness in terms of security scenario, culture, topography and terrain.
Sadhotra asked the BJP to concentrate on governance rather than dividing the people and indulging in falsehood. These are not going to take Jammu and Kashmir anywhere, he said and cautioned against testing the patience of the people, who feel pushed to the wall. Same is true about the youth both educated unemployed as also skilled and unskilled workforce due to growing unemployment.
He appealed to the administration to fill up the vacancies on the fast-track basis besides undertaking special drives in the police and other para military forces.
Others who spoke on the occasion were Raghbir Singh Manhas District President, Ghar Singh Chib Corporator, etc.
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