Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Oct 30: Former minister and senior National Conference leader Ajay Kumar Sadhotra today slammed the BJP for its failure in sustaining the gains of heralding peace and normalcy in the Valley during the past eight years and thus leading sense of insecurity among non-locals in general and the Kashmiri Pandits in particular.
“BJP must shun the ostrich syndrome and accept the ongoing reality of Kashmir where from the fresh migration of the KPs, who had opted not to leave in 1996, has unfortunately again triggered as the Government has failed in instilling sense of security among them post target killings,” he said while addressing a function at Mishriwalla in Jammu North Assembly constituency, held in observance of the Vishwakarma Diwas.
Mr Sadhotra advised the BJP to accept the realities, instead of indulging in blame games and mudslinging against the established political establishment of the State. “They must spare some time to go through the history of J&K, including that of the recent times post 1990 and know the pluralistic ethos of this place,” he said, adding that the so-called senior BJP leaders are unaware of the great role played by the National Conference in fighting the tribal raid and more recently the cult of terror violence, which has claimed so many lives of the cadre, including the senior leaders and even the serving ministers.
“How can the role of Dr Farooq Abdullah and Omar Abdullah be undermined, whose relentless efforts witnessed normalcy returning back to the Valley and peace heralding across the State?” he asked, saying that all the gains of the decades due to relentless and focused efforts of the NC leadership have got washed away by anti-people and myopic policies of the BJP.
Mr Sadhotra said the BJP has not only failed on the security front in this sensitive part of the country but has let the people down on economic, employment and development fronts as well. “To conceal its failures, the BJP is resorting to short cut of character assassination of the adversaries,” he added.
On the occasion, Mr Sadhotra also appealed the Government to address the issues of Vishwakarma Samaj, especially their demand of 27 percent reservation.
Prominent among those present on the occasion, included Raghubir Singh Manhas, Dr Rajinder Sharma, Ghar Singh (Corporator), Randhir Singh Chib, Rakesh Sharma and others.
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