BJP responsible for hardships, anti-people decisions in J&K: Bhalla

Jammu, February 13, 2023:-  JKPCC Working President Raman Bhalla today appreciated Congress MP Rahul Gandhi for sharing concerns of people of J&K during ongoing land eviction drive in Jammu and Kashmir and echoed his views that the people of J&K wanted employment, better business and love, but they are facing eviction drive instead.  This was stated by former Minister while interacting with aggrieved people of Nai Basti area of Gandhi Nagar constituency on Monday.

Bhalla alleged that J&K has witnessed huge setbacks due to the revocation of statehood by the BJP government including seizing of jobs, land, and the suppression of political and civil rights. JKPCC Working President also castigated the Centre for remaining busy in rhetoric rather than doing work on ground.He said that the situation on ground zero in J&K is contrary to the claims of the BJP leadership over colossal development and lasting peace.

Speaking on the occasion, Bhalla said the only aim of BJP is to acquire power by politicizing different issues and the party does not have any motive to work for the people. Alleging that decisions taken by the Centre has always deprived the poor people of their rights, he said that the leaders of state BJP never fight for ensuring the rights of poor people of J&K. People of the J&K are aware of this and have rejected the party in DDC elections.

The people of J&K will continue to reject the BJP in future for its anti-people policies; he added reiterating his demand for restoration of statehood. He said the BJP is deliberately delaying the assembly polls in the Union Territory as it fears a backlash from the voters over its anti-people policies.They know the people are angry with its policies and they have already got a taste of it . The electorate of J&K are waiting for an opportunity to take this government to task for its misdeeds, the Congress leader said.

 Bhalla observed that BJP has nothing to offer to the people of Jammu and Kashmir except divert their attention through their divisive and diversionary mode of politics, he said and asked the people to reject BJP and the opportunistic forces dancing to the tune of the party for the sake of individual favour or lust of power .However, Bhalla said, “I want to tell them that the voters of J&K are politically mature and cannot be misled by false slogans and promises.

They know their well-wishers and whom to vote for.”Criticising the Centre, Bhalla said the huge assets and infrastructure created by previous governments have been put on sale by the Modi government besides making the life of common people miserable through heavy taxes.“The wrong economic policies of the Modi government have derailed the robust economy of the country, leading to unprecedented hike and large scale unemployment in the country. The people are facing the brunt of the huge taxes as the Modi government is passing on the burden to the common people, he said.

Bhalla said that the BJP has pushed the Jammu and Kashmir into unprecedented political uncertainty by failing to maintain law and order and indulging in politics of hate. BJP ever since getting access to power in Delhi had been on a rampage of dispossessing and disempowering common people of Jammu and Kashmir. It’s not about a particular community or a sect, they have went berserk against all of us collectively. We have been used as political cannon fodders by BJP all across the country”, Bhalla said.

He said people want change, as the BJP has failed on all fronts of governance especially unchecked price rise, record unemployment besides other anti-employees, anti-trade, anti-poor politics in J&K.”The people of Jammu and Kashmir have only one option to fight this monster of hate and discrimination, that option is the Indian National Congress, the only party which hasn’t and which will never cozy with BJP,” Bhalla  said.”Having failed to give employment to highest number of educated unemployed youth, the Centre and UT Administration is beating about bushes and finding faults in the past Govts”, he said.