‘Present UT dispensation and misrule pushed J&K into dark era, NC ray of hope’

People in J&K getting restless, waiting for elected govt: Former Minister Babu Rampaul

JAMMU 25 April: Slamming present UT Rule for pushing J&K into dark era, former Minister and Zonal President JKNC, Babu Rampaul said that everybody is unhappy and restless under the present regime and eagerly waiting for conduct of Assembly elections to elect a popular government.

Rampaul was addressing a meeting organized by Dr Vikas Sharma, Zonal Secretary and Coordinator District Jammu (Urban) here.

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He said, “National Conference is the only party which believes in secularism and can fight for the rights of the downtrodden class of the society. Party has taken many historic decisions in the past for the welfare of the marginalized sections of the society.”

“From Sher-E-Kashmir to Dr. Farooq Abdullah and jenab Omar Abdullah it has served the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir with utmost honesty and dedication”, Babu Rampaul added.

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He exhorted upon NC cadre to launch a full throttle campaign and reach out the masses explaining what they got during NC rule and what they were getting now. “It is our duty to tell the people that peace and prosperity comes with social bonding not divisive politics. Ask the people to support our party wholeheartedly to revive the good old days of NC rule in J&K,” he asked the cadre.

Babu Rampaul also gave a message to people of J&K that NC leadership will work for creating more and more employment opportunities for youth and also take measures to control the inflation thus bringing succour to aggrieved masses. He also called upon the cadre to strengthen their booth level network for upcoming Assembly elections.

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Former Minister maintained that bureaucratic rule is no substitute for the popularly elected government. “Now, people of J&K want to get rid of bureaucratic rule and waiting for the popularly elected government,” Babu Rampaul further said.

While sharing the achievements and good work done by National Conference during its governance, Coordinator Jammu District (Urban) and Zonal Secretary JKNC, Dr. Vikas Sharma disclosed that during NC Government during the chief ministership of Jenab Omar Abdullah provided Degree College in each tehsil of erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir as even buildings and faculty were also made available to start functioning of colleges. But this government did nothing to improve the structural facilities in the colleges, he added.

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He also mentioned that during the Jenab Omar Abdullah led NC government, jobs were provided to a large number of youth, RTI Act was enacted to eradicate corruption and several other revolutionary steps were taken to push J&K on the path of development. He expressed that NC will bring back the golden era for people of J&K.

Prominent among those who spoke and present on the occasion were Sardar Surjeet Singh Sassan, TR Mandi, BD Dalotra, Dr.Gourav Bharat, Adv. Rajinder Chanayal, Adv. Aslam Choudhary, Arvind Singh Jamwal, Rahul Mahajan, Bahadur lal, Baldev Raj, Manohar Lal, Sagar Lal, Mohan lal Sandhu, and Mool Raj.