Bhalla cautions people against  deceitful tactics of BJP 

Protest led by Raman Bhalla hundreds of people hold protest against the anti-people policies of Govt, block Jammu-Pathankot national highway.

Jammu, August 20, 2023:- Cautioning people against the deceitful tactics of the BJP, the Working President of the Jammu and Kashmir Pradesh Congress Committee (JKPCC) Raman Bhalla on Sunday regretted that common masses are struggling to get basic amenities but BJP leaders are shamelessly indulged into devising nefarious designs to befool the masses.

Addressing a huge protest march at the Gangyal area against anti-people policies of the BJP-controlled administration in J&K and BJP-led Jammu Municipal Corporation (JMC), Mr. Bhalla lambasted the ridiculous statement given by some BJP regarding the Sarore Toll Plaza. “It was all due to the support and cooperation of BJP leadership that illegal collection of toll is going unabated at Sarore but the same BJP is asking the administration to suspend collection of toll”, he pointed and asked, “What happened to the letter written by J&K president of BJP to Union Minister Nitin Gadkari?”.

“BJP leaders are shamelessly indulged into deceitful tactics just to hoodwink the innocent people”, Mr. Bhalla said and  BJP leaders are not interested in solving the problems of the people because they (BJP) leaders are more worried about furthering their only petty personal interests. Joined by hundreds of residents of Gangyal and adjoining localities Raman Bhalla along with former JMC Chairman, PCC Secretary Satish Sharma, Block President Janak Raj, Vipin Sangral, Arjun Kumar, Om Prakash, Angrej Singh, Gautam Sharma, Devinder Verma Gosha, Sherry Kumar, Ashok Kumar, Parashram Khajuria, Nagar Mal, Simrindeep Singh, Jyoti Sarmal, Anju Sharma, anita Sharma  Veena Sangral, Surendra Sharma, Sat Verma, Surjeet Singh,Sudesh  mehara, Ramandeep Singh, Subhash Mehra, kali Das Sharma, paritm Sharma, Ramesh Sharma, omkar Sharma,Tara Chand, pawan Kumar Kali, Jeet Ram and others. Took out a massive demonstration.

Shouting slogans against the BJP-controlled administration, people marched toward the highway and blocked vehicular movement on Jammu-Pathankot national highway for some time as a mark of protest against the government’s decision to impose anti-people decisions through oppressive means.

“It is highly unfortunate that instead of involving consensus on installing electric smart meters and imposing property tax, the BJP-controlled administration is trying to forcibly impose these anti-poor decisions with the help of police”, he said and regretted that during the last nine years, democratic institutions have been bulldozed in J&K by the administration with the help of the BJP leaders. Calling upon the people to come on the streets to oppose anti-poor policies being propagated by the BJP-controlled administration, Raman Bhalla exhorted the people to teach BJP a lesson in the forthcoming Urban Local Bodies (ULBs) elections.

“Following their failure to provide governance to the people, BJP leadership would brazenly indulge in raking up emotive issues during ULBs elections”, he cautioned and asked the people to remain vigilant against the divisive and deceitful tactics of the BJP leaders. He said that BJP leaders are playing political gimmicks with people rather than attending to popular agonies caused by their misgovernance.  “People are struggling to get basic civic amenities and there is no feeling of any government in J&K”, he said, adding, “The government has gone into sleep mode and is not concerned with issues of the people”. The people of the Jammu region who were nurturing high hopes from the BJP were feeling extremely disappointed over the highly timid and nonchalant approach of the saffron party towards the issues of the Jammu region as well as the concerns of unemployed youth. He further asked the people to be extra vigilant against attempts being made by BJP to destabilize democratic foundations and to divert people’s attention from their total failure to provide promised governance.

Speaking on the occasion, former corporator Satish Sharma called upon the people of the Jammu region to get united on common issues in order to wage a decisive battle against the anti-people BJP-controlled administration. He pointed out that the ongoing monsoon season has exposed tall claims of the BJP-led Jammu Municipal Corporation.

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