Jammu, Nov 06: JKPCC Working President Raman Bhalla on Monday made a fervent appeal to the people to support Congress for “steering Jammu and Kashmir out of the present crisis”.
Interacting with the people of Bahu constituency, Bhalla said, “Congress has a roadmap for solving the economic and social problems and wiping the tears of suffering people. Support Congress party to get the roadmap implemented and make your dream come true.” He also talked about the delay in assembly polls, economic and social issues, unemployment and growing drug addiction among the youth, the JKPCC said in a statement issued here.
Referring to the delay in assembly polls, the Congress leader said that there is no end to the wait for polls. “Nobody knows when exactly these elections will be held,” he said.
Bhalla said, “Jammu and Kashmir is presently facing serious economic problems. “Inflation is badly hitting the people. The unemployed people are not getting employment. How many times the interviews were conducted but the jobs are not provided. We have social problems. Lakhs of our educated youth are unemployed. Their parents had invested whatever they had for the education of these youth. We have to come out of these economic and social crises. We cannot come out with mere sloganeering or through lectures and speeches but with proper planning and the execution of the plans.”
Bhalla also expressed serious concern over the increasing drug addiction problem among the youth and urged for a joint fight on all levels against this menace. He said the main reason for drug addiction is unemployment among the youth. He advocated stringent punishment for those who earned wealth by smuggling drugs.
The JKPCC Working President highlighted the contributions of the Congress party towards the upliftment of the downtrodden in every sphere including political empowerment from top to bottom right up to panchyats. “It was Congress which framed the Reservation Act for reserved categories in 2004 which was earlier regulated by an SRO in J&K,” he said.
Bhalla accused the BJP of creating division and polarisation for vote bank politics and cautioned the people not to fall prey to the exploitation of the saffron party in the name of religion, caste, creed and colour.
He said Congress always believes in uniting the people and that is why in the prevailing situation in the country, Rahul Gandhi led the 4000-kilometre “Bharat Jodo Yatra” from Kanyakumari to Kashmir.
The former minister added, “The ruling BJP was on a mission to disenfranchise J&K people with its selective policies and a coterie of federally-appointed officers, bereft of democratic bearings, calling the shots. The so-called Naya J&K of BJP, besides being low on the democratic mooring is also opposite to the idea of Naya Kashmir propounded by the Congress government.”
