Pulwama, Aug 28: “Congress is a vibrant situation strong enough to defeat malicious propaganda and misleading politics of BJP. The party is committed to ensuring that people live with dignity and that their issues are resolved on a priority basis. Downgrading erstwhile J&K state into two UTs was an assault on people’s emotions,” said All India Congress Committee (AICC) J&K Incharge and MP Rajani Patil on Monday.
Addressing a workers’ convention in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district, she said, “BJP rule is hostile working as a punishment for the public, given the fact, they (public) are confronted with hardships, economic distress, extreme joblessness and many other issues, despite all these failures, the BJP government is making false claims to build a fake narrative aiming to divert the attention of the public from real issues.”
J&K PCC President Vikar Rasool Wani presided over the meeting.
Addressing the convention, the AICC Incharge said, “Congress has taken the prestige of the nation to the heights in respect of defence, communication, education, inclusive development, rural and women empowerment and many other significant fields, especially science and technology. The malicious propaganda of the BJP against the Congress won’t break our resolve to fight against wrong policies, misrule and mismanagement on the part of the BJP government.”
Referring to the J&K situation, Patil termed downgrading erstwhile J&K State into UTs very unfortunate and an “assault on people’s emotions”. “J&K is the victim of misrule and biased attitude of the BJP government which is responsible for hurting the emotions of the people by downgrading the erstwhile State into two UT and enacting different laws from time to time, without holding any reconciliation process with the stakeholders,” she said.
Asserting that the Congress Party will ensure justice and inclusive development in J&K, Rajani said, “UPA I and UPA 11 had prepared a roadmap and ensured enormous development and employment in J&K, but the BJP policies are contrary to that with the result, the developmental process started in J&K received severe setbacks.”
AICC Incharge reiterated that the Congress Party won’t compromise on people’s urges and aspirations and will do its utmost to restore confidence and trust among the common citizens in J&K.
Speaking on the occasion, JKPCC President Vikar Rasool Wani laid emphasis on further strengthening the party at the grassroots. He said, “Congress alone is capable of addressing issues confronting people.” He urged the party workers to work hard and garner the full support of the people to defeat the designs of the BJP and their anti-people measures.
