Senior Congress Leader blamed Centre Govt of betraying people of J&K over statehood restoration

Gharota ( Jammu), Feb 11- Senior Congress Leader & former MLA Th Balwan Singh has blamed BJP led centre government of betraying people of Jammu & Kashmir over the issue of restoration of statehood and said that people will have to fight for their status, dignity, identity  to get their due  rights .

Addressing an impressive gathering alongwith Former Minister Shabir Ahmed Khan & other party leaders on the occasion of opening of block Congress office, Th Balwan Singh said that Centre government promised time to time to restore statehood without delay especially after assembly elections but even after four months of elections & elected government taking over, the centre has no intention to fulfill the promise.

He said that people will have to fight for their rights & getting back their status, dignity and identity as a full fledged state and the Congress party is already on the forefront for their rights and will intensify people’s struggle. He asked people to support the Congress party for achieving the goal of early restoration of statehood. He said that the coalition government is also facing hardships to come upto the expectations of people and restore the responsive system to deliver to people, in the absence of full powers and statehood.

He asked cadres to strengthen the party at booth levels and defeat the BJP in the by -elections to Nagrota assembly  .He appealed them to reach out to the people to apprise them about the failure of Modi government on all fronts especially on checking rise in prices and record unemploment.besides imposing huge taxes on common man.

Addressing the gathering, Former Minister Shabir Ahmed Khan cautioned the people about the division and hatred being created by the BJP in the country and said that only United we stand otherwise the country shall get weakened. He said that country is in a dangerous phase of communal feelings and atmosphere of hatred for vote bank and asked people to remain United & strengthen brotherhood.

He referred to numerous problems faced by the people by huge taxes on power, water, road, tolls, GST, stamp duty, fees etc and said that BJP government is fleecing poor & common man and farmers. He said that daily wagers, other temporary employees of various kinds besides unemployed youth are worst sufferers in this uncertainty and demanded justice to them.

Various other prominent leaders attended the function including Rashid Azam Inqlabi retd DC, Block Presidents:Romal Singh of Dansal,Jang Bahadur of Block Bhalwal,Ch Babu Khan of Block Mathwar,and Vijay Sharma sr. Vice President of Distt Rural and other office bearers Ajay Gupta, Som Nath, Mohan Singh, Paviter Singh, Ch Sunny Jat, Ashok Sharma, Shinda Manhas, Anmol Singh Langeh, Master Gurdial, Balbir Kumar and Master Sham Lal Verma.