Militancy in Poonch, Rajouri is BJP’s gift to people of J&K: Bhalla
Jammu, December 24: The working president of Jammu and Kashmir Pradesh Congress Committee (JKPCC) and former Minister Mr. Raman Bhalla on Sunday while interacting with residents of Jammu Bahu Constituency at Ambedkar Nagar and Guru Nanak Nagar area said that the BJP-controlled administration has plunged Jammu and Kashmir into unprecedented crisis and the dispensation has become synonymous with chaos and uncertainty.
Expressing his anguish over repeated terror attacks in different parts of Jammu and Kashmir, Mr. Raman Bhalla said that the BJP-controlled administration has failed to contain militancy in J&K.
Three days after a dreaded terror attack in Dera Ki Gali on the border of Poonch and Rajouri districts in which four soldiers lost their lives in the line of duty, a retired Superintendent of Police was shot dead by militants in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district. “Poonch, Rajouri, and Baramulla were free from militancy but now militancy has slowly gripped these peaceful areas”, Mr. Bhalla regretted and added that militants are being struck in Poonch and Rajouri districts after repeated intervals.
Recalling the twin militant attacks on January 1 and January 2 in Dangri village of Rajouri district, Mr. Bhalla said that almost a year has passed but the administration has failed to track down terrorists involved in executing the attack.
Mr. Bhalla said that apart from political uncertainty, Jammu and Kashmir is also suffering from a governance crisis for the past eight years and pointed toward the failure of the present regime on all fronts. Pointing toward the failure of the present regime to conduct Urban Local Bodies (ULBs), Mr. Bhalla said that this regime has shamelessly bulldozed the system of governance and eroded the sanctity of democratic institutions just to enjoy power. “Tenure of this regime would be remembered as a period when all the democratic institutions were shamelessly bulldozed by the ruling elites just to enjoy absolute power”, he observed and pointed out that failure of Government to conduct Urban Local Bodies elections reflects their dictatorial mindset. “Instead of allowing democratic institutions to strengthen in J&K, the government has rather eroded the sanctity of such institutions”, he said.
While reiterating the demand to restore statehood, Mr. Bhalla assured that Congress will ensure rights to jobs and land for the people of Jammu and Kashmir.
“The government has agreed to hold elections and restore statehood as well. We want the government to guarantee the exclusive right to jobs and land to the locals in the statehood”, he said.
Bhalla assured the people that he will continue to fight on the political front to ensure statehood is restored to Jammu and Kashmir.
