Jammu, June 09: Jammu and Kashmir Pradesh Congress Committee (JKPCC) Working President Raman Bhalla on Friday alleged that the priority of the BJP regime in the last nine years has never been to empower people by strengthening democratic institutions but those at the helm of the affairs want to accomplish their “nefarious designs” by controlling such institutions through “undemocratic means’.
Bhalla said this while interacting with prominent persons of RS Pura Jammu South constituency on Friday, a party statement issued here said, adding that discussions were also held on various current issues “troubling” the general public such as the ongoing water and power crisis.
He said, “BJP’s manoeuvres in Jammu and Kashmir have left people in the lurch and nothing is going to bail them out as the people have made a point to punish them through their votes.”
Reacting over the current situation in J&K, the Congress leader termed the BJP government as directionless, saying the party failed to bring cheers to the common people, especially the youth, students, farmers and the labour class who “suffered a lot due to the worst economic slowdown” in J&K under their rule. There are no efforts to boost the rural economy and create job opportunities in the wake of large-scale unemployment and retrenchments in recent years due to wrong economic policies of the BJP government, he added.
Bhalla accused the ruling party at the Centre of destroying the democratic, ethnic and social fabric of the nation. “India was the only robustly functioning and flourishing democracy in the South Asian region, thanks to the magnanimous role played by the Congress in the 70 years of history of the nation. BJP stands exposed for self-centred agenda as all its acts are guided by brazen biases and short-sighted politics,” he said.
