Asserting that trust deficit was responsible for the prevailing unrest in the country, Mr. Harsh Dev Singh JKNPP Chairman and former Minister today accused the BJP Govt of resorting to diversionary tactics so as to conceal its failures on the governance front. He said that having failed to fulfil the promises made to its electorates, the BJP leadership was raking up controversies which had made the confusion worse confounded. He was addressing a series of public meetings in Raipur-Domana constituency today in villages including Bantalab, Barnai, Nardani, Atava, Misriwala, Sari-Kalan and Bhadrote.
Speaking on the occasion, Mr. Harsh Dev Singh accused the govt of failure on all fronts with the country’s economy facing an unprecedented slowdown and prices of essential commodities rising with each passing day. He said that with capacity utilization of the Indian Industry heaving dropped to a historical low, the unemployment rate was at its peak. The unabated violence in the country in the aftermath of CAA further proved that not only was the country’s economy in shambles but law and order and governance were also gradually deteriorating, said Singh. Condemning the incidents of vandalism and arson in various parts of the country, Mr. Singh accused the vested interests of keeping the pot boiling for furthering their selfish political interests. He further charged the BJP with raking up controversial issues only to divert the attention of the people from its failures on the economic front.
Alleging subversion of democratic norms in the country and in J&K in particular, Mr. Singh condemned the restrictions frequently being imposed on political activities of the opposition leaders by the BJP regime. He regretted that not only were the Congress leaders put under house arrest recently without a reasonable cause but the NPP leaders and activists were also taken in custody for giving a call for Jammu bandh. Equally deplorable was the continued ban on mobile internet with govt failing to give any time frame for restoration of such services which had become indispensable in a way in the present day world, said Singh. “A few hours of internet curbs during CAA protests had the different states crying foul. But the govt failed to even imagine the plight of J&K people especially peaceful Jammu region who had been deprived of the said facility for the last around six months and trying to satisfy them by a lollypop of 2G connectivity”, lamented Singh.
Pointing further towards the flip-flop of the BJP leaders over the issue of domicile law, Mr. Singh said that conflicting statements made in media by central leaders had made the confusion worse confounded. He said that while Union Home Ministry had made a statement in the just concluded session of the parliament that there was no proposal to enact any such law, the recent claims of a few other central leaders suggested that the law to save the lands and Jobs of locals was in the pipeline. Seeking official statement by the centre over the issue of domicile and Job security for J&K, Mr. Singh said that NPP would take to streets if the govt resorted to any further dilly dallying over the issue. He further called upon the NPP workers to gear up for a decisive battle for restoration of statehood and for securing the rights of the incarcerated dogra land facing ruthless subjugation at the hands of Kashmir leadership as well as New Delhi.
Prominent among those who spoke on the occasion included Rajesh Padgotra, Gagan Pratap Singh, Capt. Anil Gour, Surinder Chouhan, Kewal Krishan Sharma, Rakesh Gupta, Ravinder Jamwal, Nirmal Kishore, Kulbhushan Atri, Parth Singh, Shanker Dass, Rashpaul Singh, Rakesh Verma besides others.