NC will transform JMC if it wins ULB elections, will end property tax: Rattan Lal

JAMMU, April 29: Rattan Lal Gupta, Provincial President Jammu and Kashmir National Conference (JKNC) Jammu, while asking the party workers to leave no stone unturned to ensure NC’s unprecedented success in the upcoming ULB polls, has asserted that the party will improve the civic amenities to the optimum standard besides transforming the Jammu Municipal Corporation (JMC) which is presently in utter mess and chaos. 

The senior NC leader stated this while addressing a meeting of party workers of 75 Wards of JMC at Sher-e-Kashmir Bhawan convened in view of upcoming polls in J&K.

 Chairing the meeting, he said that if NC wins the aforesaid polls there will be no property tax that is a burden on people’s pockets. 

The senior National Conference leader asserted that if NC wins the upcoming Urban Local Bodies polls it shall provide 24X7 power and water supply to the people. He also assured that after its success in the aforesaid elections there will be no property tax in order to ease the people in the present scenario of sky rocketing prices of essential commodities and unprecedented inflation.

Rattan Lal Gupta said that National Conference is known for fulfilling its commitment to work for the upliftment of people of J&K and it fulfilled its aim of welfare and prosperity of the people of Jammu and empowered the people in letter and spirit.  He said that after NC not continuing in power the welfare and prosperity of the  J&K  people especially that of Jammu has been the worst casualty due to the hollow promises made by the Bharatiya Janata Party never to be fulfilled. 

The senior National Conference leader lamented that the incumbent Govt is making tall claims of transparency and corruption free society but the fact remains that corruption rules the roost. He claimed that once the NC wins the ULB elections it will definitely eradicate corruption and promote transparency in the working of the Jammu Municipal Corporation (JMC) the working of which has suffered badly under the present regime. He alleged that the functioning of the Corporation is in utter mess and chaos as a result of which not only people are suffering on account of inadequate civic amenities but even the workers of the corporation especially the Safaikaramcharis have a long list of their woes with nobody to listen and address their problems. The Provincial President asked party workers to leave no stone unturned in order to ensure NC’s unprecedented success in the upcoming ULB polls.

Babu Rampaul former minister and Central Zone President said that if National Conference wins the ULB polls it will improve the civic amenities to the optimum level besides bringing a result oriented policy for the regularization of the Safaikaramcharis once for all. We will bring Jammu on the forefront at the national level by promoting cleanliness and streamlining the parking chaos that has been causing a lot of inconvenience to the people in Jammu for long now.

Sheikh Bashir Ahmed Provincial Secretary while addressing the meeting said that the party will develop the undeveloped areas in Jammu region which are presently facing official apathy despite tall claims of equitable development by the Govt. He said that only NC is the panacea for all the ills confronting the people in Jammu and Kashmir.

 Chander Mohan Sharma, Raghbir Singh Manhas and Naresh Bittu, Presidents Jammu District Urban, Rural A and Rural B respectively said that JMC has become a den of corruption today and despite tall claims of Govt to remove corruption, people are still forced to pay bribe to get their works done in the Corporation. He appealed to the people to vote for NC candidates in the upcoming ULB polls so that NC ends all their woes and problems.

Among those who were present include  Ayub Malik Provincial Secretary, Jugal Mahajan,  Bimla Luthra Ex-MLA, Deepinder Kour Ex-MLC, Bushan Lal Bhat Ex-MLC, Pardeep Bali Provincial Secretary ,Vijay Lochan P.P SC Cell, Vijay Lakhshmi Datta, Shahmim Begum DDC Dansal, Ch. Rehmat Ali BDC Chairman,  Ankush Abrol,  Harshvardhan Singh P.P NCSU,  S. Gurnam Singh Block President Jammu West A, Ashwani Charak Block President Jammu East, Davinder Sharma Block President  Jammu West B, S. Parvinder Singh Block President Gandhi Nagar A, Haji Maqbool Block President Gandhi Nagar B, Dilshad Malik, Rakesh Singh Raka,   G.H Malik, Dr. Vikas, Pinky Khalsa, Kuldeep Sharma, Daljeet Sharma, Ashok Kumar Attri, Ashok Kumar Dogra, Rashida Begum, Ghar Singh, Subash Chander Bhagat, Rahul Mahajan, Dr. Gafoor, Madan Lal, S. Tejinder Singh,  Ch. Shabir,  Surjeet Singh Manhas, Shakutla Devi, Joginder Kour, Manpreet Kour, Santosh, Jatin Bhat, Harminder Singh, Devi Dayal Jogi, Ramesh Abrol,  Tilak Raj Bhagat, Devi Ditta, Ch. Reyaz Ahmed,  Karan Singh, Jagmohan, Surender, Pintu Kumar, Ankush,Som Raj Taroch, S. Nirmal Singh, S. Gurdeep Singh, S. Aya Singh, S. Manhor Singh, S. Devinder Singh, Sanjeev Kumar, Vivek Gupta, Harbans Lal, Karan Singh, Farman Ali, Prithpal Singh, Vishal Thakur, Manjeet Kour, Ajay Kumar, Shubam Sharma, Tanveer, Bishan Dass, Bhadur Lal, Sagar Lal and others. 

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