Jammu: JKPCC Working President Raman Bhalla on Thursday asserted that Congress has always taken a “leading role” in tackling the challenges posed before the country. He said the party “very well knows how to discharge its role of sacrificing everything for the country”.
Bhalla said while interacting with “aggrieved” people of Bagh-e-Bahu in Bahu Constituency, the party said in a statement. “Today, the situation of J&K has become adverse owing to the anti-people policies of the government. Spiralling inflation, poverty, malnutrition, crime and challenges before the democratic values, Constitution and Constitutional institutions, can only be tackled by Congress. For this, everybody has to play an active role,” he said.
Urging the Congress workers to understand the pain faced by the people, Bhalla said, “The history of the Congress has been to reduce the pain of every section of the country. This is our present as well as the future. Hence, our first priority is the country and the people. Stand with them, share their pain, and work hard to help them get rid of the pain.” He also said that the BJP governments at the Centre and in J&K have “committed the sin of pushing people into problems”.
He said Congress continuously questioned the BJP government on inflation, unemployment and increasing prices of petrol, diesel and cooking gas and also staged protests on these issues. “The government jobs are falling prey to nepotism and favouritism and the candidates selected for jobs are moving from pillar to post to get their appointment,” he said.
Bhalla said that Congress always framed and implemented pro-poor and pro-oppressed policies to ensure their upliftment since independence. He referred to the protection of their rights to jobs in district cadre posts all over the state in the last government.
“The BJP government has no vision. It is cheating the youth and the unemployed persons, and doing injustice. Instead of answering questions, it speaks lies, and avoids accountability,” he said, adding, “Congress has always protected the interests of all sections of society especially downtrodden and marginalized sections and ensured their due share and participation in every sphere of life including political empowerment right from basic institutions of democracy to highest levels.”
