Prime Minister had nothing to offer new to J&K , resorted to old rhetoric– Solanki

Darbar move to be restored this year  if voted to power – AICC Leader

Jammu Sept 15 :  AICC Incharge J&K Affairs Shri Bharatsinh Solanki has said that Prime  Minister Modi always repeats the old rhetoric’s  in Jammu and Kashmir as BJP has nothing new to offer to the people of J&K after ruling for ten years  and giving lot of pain and sufferings to them all these years.

Addressing a Press Conference at PCC HQ Jammu today, Shri Solanki reacted to the Prime Minister Modi’s  speech yesterday that was nothing new for the people as he repeated the old rhetoric’s  and offered the same old promises after re-packing  them but people of all sections especially the youth know what happened to the old “Jumlas”. They remembered the old pack of “Jumlas”, so not ready to buy the same again.

Flanked by AICC Secretaries Manoj Yadav and  Divya Madema, National Media Co-ordinator Ms. Dolly Sharma, JKPCC Sr. Vice President & Chief Spokesperson Ravinder Sharma, Shri Solanki said that BJP’s Sankalp Pattar is another “Jumla Pattar” and same old promises for youth, women and  others have been re-packaged but what treatment was given to them in 10 years is known to them. Since 2018, when Assembly was dissolved and more particularly after the downgrading of the state into UT, who stopped BJP to implement all these promises for these sections  being offered now and rather they were subjected to great harassments and suffered in many ways.

The youth are facing  highest ever unemployment of the last 45 years, as J&K is second top in unemployment while women unemployment is highest in J&K in the country. Youth were promised  employment boom after abrogation of Article 370, but reverse happened to them.

The pensions of elderly, widows, and handicapped were stopped and they were forced to take rounds of various Govt. offices for reviving their pensions. The daily wagers, need based and other such temporary employees including Anganwari workers, helpers were subjected to worst kind to harassments and resorted to police lathicharge when protested.

Solanki regretted that Prime Minister Modi did not utter a word of sympathy to the families of two jawans martyred and two other injured in the adjoining  district Kishtwar, in terrorist encounter, when he addressed an election rally in Doda, yesterday. P.M. had no answer to the large scale rise in terror activities in Jammu Region, since BJP had claimed that terrorism shall be wiped out After removal of Article 370. But it was fully revived in Jammu region and even today encounter is going on.

Solanki  announced that the age old practice of Darbar move shall be re revived, as it was great source of economic stability of Jammu as well Kashmir besides exchange of of cultures and other interests of two regions. If voted to power, our Govt. will restore it  in the larger  interests of people  as overwhelming demand has come from people especially Jammu region.

He reminded that a massive 24000 Cr package for infrastructure and development was announced by Dr. Manmohan Singh ji in 2004 which swelled to over 36000 Cr as a result lot of power infrastructure and road connectivity was strengthened  in Jammu and Kashmir. Besides UPA-I & UPA-II did a  lot of things for the education, skill trainings of youth including women and creation of jobs.

AICC leader said that P.M. & BJP should tell what they did to the Kashmiri displaced community as nothing was done to their issues, after the P.M. Dr. Manmohan Singh’s package of 1600 Cr for employment, relief and rehabilitation package for them, as a result first time KP youth got jobs in Kashmir, modern township in  Jammu besides transit colonies were constructed in Kashmir Valley.

We shall carry forward the Manmohan Singh Package for them and creation of jobs for them but BJP’s 10 years rule was worst for the youth and other sections. He said that Congress will come out a full manifesto  shortly, comprising  all the commitment and issues of all sections, while only few guarantees have been announced by the Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge Ji and Shri Rahul Ji during their visits. He referred to the plight of farmers who have not been given any relief during 10 years as BJP does not know the even meaning of M-S-P and had brought three black laws which were rolled back after over one year.

Referring to political situation, he said that Congress-NC Coalition will form the  next Govt. with comfortable majority. We are contesting elections on a positive agenda of restoration of peace, normalcy  and governance, as ten years of BJP rule has derailed  the various systems of governance and welfare. We shall have a common minimum programme (CMP) for governance when voted to power to work for the overall welfare of all sections of the development of J&K. Our priority shall to heal the wounds of all sections who are facing hardships due to the authoritarian bureaucratic regime under LG. The promise of restoration of statehood was not fulfilled by the Centre as BJP wants to rule J&K through proxy and exploit the resources through crony capitalists but we shall struggle for immediate restoration of statehood and undertake relief and welfare measures to the people of all sections. Kapil Singh – Spokesperson,  Neeraj Gupta – Chief Media Coordinator and Deepanshu Bhat IYC Spokesperson were also present.