Srinagar, Aug 13: Jammu and Kashmir National Conference president and Member of Parliament from Srinagar Dr Farooq Abdullah on Sunday said the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is facing unprecedented public resentment across J&K owing to its “anti-poor and anti-middle class policies”.
Interacting with the party functionaries at a function here in Shahr-e-Khaas, Dr Farooq, according to a statement issued here, said the ruling dispensation has not been able to live up to its promises of providing employment to youth, handholding of artisans and much-awaited relief to the poor and downtrodden sections of society.
Referring to the delay in elections, the NC chief said, “BJP is shying away from elections as the clouds of worry have surrounded them. The life and livelihood of those living on the edge of poverty is not changing for the better. Amidst untamed inflation and unemployment, the withdrawal of food schemes only added to the daily woes of people. How will BJP face people from whose plates it has snatched food? How can a government that has unleashed tax terrorism on people face them? Our bleeding middle class, BPL and other marginalized communities like Gujjars, and Paharis are particularly at the receiving end.”
He added, “They are not ready to face people but are escaping from elections on one pretext or the other. They used the pretext of delimitation of constituencies and revision of electoral rolls which stands completed long back. They talked about the weather not being conducive but have no justification to further delay the polls.”
Abdullah said that National Conference is committed to uplifting the poor and downtrodden sections of society. “We have a history of taking pro-poor and pro-marginalised measures. In the future also, the NC will continue to work for the welfare of the poor, downtrodden and the working class,” he said.
