Jammu, Nov 11: Surjeet Singh Slathia, Jammu and Kashmir Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) vice president and MLA, on Monday cautioned and slammed the National Conference (NC), Congress and their allies for “enacting drama over the issue having a potential of bringing miseries to the people again”.
“Abrogation of Article 370 brought about a positive and very encouraging turnaround in the overall situation in Jammu and Kashmir, with peace process gaining momentum and development scaling new heights,” Slathia said while addressing Vijay Rally in Samba.
In his address, he said, “The anti-people and anti-J&K temporary constitutional provision is now buried for all times to come and the passions being generated by the Congress-NC is nothing but negating the reality. The people of Jammu and Kashmir in general and the valley in particular are fully aware of how the post-Article 370 repeal era manifested in unprecedented tourist footfall resulting in economic surge in both regions. People have also realised the futility of alien gun culture and developed stakes in peace for development, progress and prosperity. This has turned turtle the apple cart of those banking on boiling Kashmir and thriving on instability and unrest for furthering their political agenda for decades.”
The BJP leader added, “Seeing the people’s preference for peace over stone-pelting and economic activity over shut-down syndrome, a new era of deliverance been ensured in tune with the vision and path-breaking initiatives of the Prime Minister which were implemented with sincerity of purpose during five years.”
Slathia accused the NC and Congress of making “reactionary policies” to vitiate the peaceful atmosphere again. “The BJP will thwart all their machinations to push J&K again to an era of instability and hostility,” he said.
He lauded the people of the Jammu region for giving the BJP a huge mandate in the recent elections to work for their welfare and to guard against any discrimination. “The times have changed and the people will not allow rights of any region and sub-region to be usurped,” he said.
