JAMMU, MAY 30: Rattan Lal Gupta, Provincial President Jammu and Kashmir National Conference (JKNC) Jammu has pooh-poohed the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for initiating the Maha Jan Samparak Abhiyan to celebrate the 9 years of Modi Govt at Centre.
In a statement issued to media here today, Rattan Lal Gupta said that the people across the nation know very well that the BJP Govt at the Centre has proved to be utter failure on all fronts and they will never forgive the saffron party for bringing and following anti-people policies. He said that in such a situation it is not proper for the BJP leaders to celebrate their nine years of misgovernance and that too under the theme ‘Nau Saal Bemisaal’. He said that the reality is that instead of bringing the Achhe Din promised by the BJP, it has brought only miseries to the common people of the nation. Questioning the Govt and the BJP Gupta said that the nation and its people want to know when will the promised Achhe Din come ?
The senior National Conference leader said that Jammu and Kashmir has been the worst victim of the BJP’s misrule. He said that there is an acute shortage of drinking water in Kandi belt of Kathua, Samba and Jammu districts with people not getting water for 4 to 6 days in a week. This in itself speaks of the so called tall claims about 9 years of governance of Modi Govt made by the BJP leaders. He said that J&K Administration must take urgent measures to lift water from Chenab in order to cover the water shortage of Kandi belts of Jammu and Jammu city. MR Gupta questioned what about Ravi Tawi Canal for which the Modi govt promised to construct and cover the shortage of water of Kandi belt of Samba and Kathua districts.
On Nari Shakti, Gupta said that during 9 years the price of LPG on which the Nari’s kitchen is dependant has rocketed from nearly Rs. 400 to Rs. 1200. He said that on the employment front the progress during these nine years is that unemployment has broken all previous records with J&K leading in the unemployment chart. He said that Modi Govt failed to create 2 crore jobs per year in nine years despite making tall promises about the same. Today the youth can clearly see that they have no future in J&K as the recruitment scams are taking a heavy toll.
The senior NC leader stated that PM Modi committed to double farmers income but the fact is that the farmer is not able to cover his production cost of the crop not to talk of profit or doubling of income. He castigated the BJP Govt for not giving MSP (minimum selling price) to the farmers. The result is that more than seven hundred farmers got killed during the farmers’ agitation against the Farmers’ Bill passed by the Modi govt and later on the same were withdrawn as the bills were anti-farmers.
On the health front too, J&K is still lacking healthcare facilities not only in rural areas but even in the urban areas, he alleged.
Gupta said that BJP is claiming that the relations of India with other nations has improved a lot but what has the Govt to say on its failure regarding SAARC.
He said that today beneficiaries of Govt schemes are facing inhumane treatment, especially the old age, widows, and handicapped citizens who are facing huge harassment in the name of pension cases verification and a complete ban of new cases.
To conclude it, it can be without any doubt be asserted that BJP Govt during its 9 years of misgovernance promoted only hatred among the people by playing divisive politics, and weaken the secular fabric and brotherhood, Gupta said.