Jammu, Jan 15: Jammu and Kashmir National Conference General Secretary Ali Mohammad Sagar on Monday asserted that JKNC is the “only secular and successful” party in J&K that can bring smiles back to the people of the Union Territory. He said the Bharatiya Janata Party’s “proxy” government in J&K is a “total failure”.
He said this while addressing a meeting of the Provincial Working Committee of the party held at Sher-e-Kashmir Bhawan Jammu under the chairmanship of the party’s Provincial President Jammu, Rattan Lal Gupta.
The meeting commenced with the welcome of the senior party cadre after which the party functionaries from various parts of the Jammu region apprised the senior functionaries about the hardships being faced by the people of Jammu under the present “non-representative” government in the Union Territory, the party said in a statement, adding, “The highlight of the meeting was passing of a resolution to condemn the government for not conducting the assembly elections in J&K besides causing unnecessary delay in holding the Panchayat and ULB polls.”
Sagar in his address said the BJP’s “proxy” government in J&K has proved to be an “utter failure on all fronts” with common people of this Union Territory left to fend for themselves. “The people of the Jammu region who were promised the moon by the BJP today feel betrayed by the saffron party as it never proceeded beyond ‘Jumlas’ creating merely false narratives to secure votes. Even the saffron party leaders know quite well that the people of this region are waiting to teach them a lesson,” he said.
The NC leader said the BJP fears losing the elections and this is the reason that the government has adopted delaying tactics even in holding the Panchayat and ULB polls in J&K.
JKNC Additional General Secretary, Dr Mustafa Kamaal while addressing the meeting, underscored a deep-rooted concern for the overlooked plight of the people in Jammu across diverse aspects. He pointed out that the region, with its unique cultural and strategic significance, had often been sidelined in national discourse.
Dr Kamal called for a more inclusive political representation, asserting that the region’s voice should resonate in legislative decisions.
Rattan Lal Gupta, JKNC Provincial President Jammu in his address said, “It is an irony of the people of Jammu that despite having voted for BJP they became the worst victims of its policies.”
“People have now realized that only NC can provide solutions to their every problem and they will overwhelmingly vote for the party candidates whenever assembly elections are held in J&K,” Gupta said.
