Udhampur, Feb 13: Chairman AAP J&K and former Minister Harsh Dev Singh on Monday mocked at Bhartiya Janta Party’s assertions over water and power scenario in Jammu and Kashmir.
The AAP leader said having failed to come up to the expectations of the people even with respect to provision of basic amenities, like potable drinking water and power, the BJP govt was indulging in false rhetoric and misleading campaigns only to conceal its failures”.
He said this while addressing a series of meetings in Kossar, Choka Nala villages of Chenani constituency on Monday.
Pointing towards the frequent statements and tweets of the central BJP leaders and its Ministers regarding 100% electrification and water supply, Singh said that such utterances had only evoked cynicism amongst the masses and exposed the BJP leaders for their politics of deceit and subterfuge.
He said while statements of achieving cent percent coverage of rural households under Rural Electrification Scheme (RES) continued to be made in the past, the UT govt and central Ministers had only recently claimed to have achieved 100% coverage of all schools and Anganwari centres under Tap water supply scheme.
“Such statements were not only absurd but also demonstrated the extremely casual approach of the helmsman towards the vital concerns of the poor people inhabiting the far-flung areas”.
Has any functionary of the govt bothered to visit the affected areas before giving such feedback to their seniors in the govt, questioned Singh. And while the govt functionaries and the mandated leaders and Ministers were making such vague and nauseating statements from their Ac-rooms, the ground reality was altogether different with the people of J&K UT suffering the worst nightmares during the present regime due to non-availability of even the basic amenities particularly in far-flung areas”, asserted Singh.
Castigating the BJP govt for its false narrative and deceptive propaganda, Singh called upon the Lt. Governor to ensure provision of basic amenities to people of UT on priority.
