Jammu, Apr 07: Jammu and Kashmir Pradesh Congress Committee (JKPCC) Working President Raman Bhalla on Sunday levelled serious allegations against Prime Minister Narendra Modi, accusing him of deceiving the public with lofty promises that remain unfulfilled.
Speaking during a campaign event, Bhalla said Modi pledged to boost the economy to USD 5 trillion by 2024, double farmers’ income, and create two crore new jobs annually for youths. “These promises have not been realized, as these were false,” he said, adding that the people of the country have been misled.
He urged the people to vote for him to strengthen the Congress party and the hands of Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi in order “to take the country forward in the right direction”.
The Congress leader accused the BJP of putting Jammu’s interests and development subservient to the pleasure of vested interests for remaining glued to power. “Despite being in power at the Centre and in J&K, the party failed miserably on governance front and let down Jammu on all fronts,” he said, adding that the BJP has nothing to showcase as its achievement, least to fulfilling liberal promises during elections.
He charged the BJP for reversing some of the prestigious projects launched during the tenure of the Congress government for putting the Jammu region on the equal pedestal of development.
Referring to the issues confronting his constituency, he said that being a representative of the people, he has been pursuing all those connected with development for giving push to the schemes and projects aimed at the overall development and welfare of various areas and different segments of society. He cautioned people against the BJP’s “divisive politics” with an eye on carving out vote banks by inciting passions and exploiting delicate public sentiments.
“BJP raised Jammu’s expectations to crescendo by playing exploitive politics but at the end of the day the people realized its hollowness, opportunism and self-goals,” he said.
The JKPCC leader accused the BJP of trampling peoples’ trust and their mandate. “The political mood in the region is quite explosive and may erupt into a volcano if the public interest is taken for granted. The BJP is committing a huge mistake of testing the patience of people, he said, adding that Jammu will give the party a befitting reply at an appropriate time for its betrayal,” Bhalla said.
