Jammu, Feb 09: Senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Devender Singh Rana on Friday said Congress is playing “divisive politics” and plaguing the country with north-south divide.
“The north-south narrative generated in sheer desperation over losing ground across the country is not new as the so-called grand old party has already bruised the national psyche by encouraging and promoting separatism in Jammu and Kashmir,” Rana said while interacting with deputations and individuals during his weekly public hearing at the BJP headquarters here, according to a statement.
He added, “The nation is still grappling with the historic blunders of the Congress and Jammu and Kashmir has been the worst victim and sufferer of its wrong policies. The Congress Party is reaping the fruits of its evil deeds and facing political turmoil due to historic blunders and the time has come to make the party redundant.”
Rana exuded confidence that the “nationalistic and pragmatic” policies of the BJP will lead to Congress-Mukt Bharat.
The BJP leader said that Jammu and Kashmir has “hugely suffered” under the Congress and the rule by the parties supported by it for over seven decades. “The misgovernance coupled with nepotism and corruption had pushed the erstwhile state to the wall, which is why it has been lagging in development and economic empowerment. Now that the Yashasvi Prime Minister Narendra Modi has initiated path-breaking steps to transform the Union Territory into Naya Jammu and Kashmir, the people are feeling the difference for the first time and are hopeful about being equal partners in the country’s process of growth,” he added.
“As if J&K turmoil was not enough, the Congress is now plaguing the country with the sinister north-south divide in a vain bid to seek relevance in Indian politics,” he said. “I hope the people will foil all these machinations by breaking free from the shackles of division and embrace diversity as a source of strength and resilience in the spirit of Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikas, Sabka Vishwas, Sabka Prayas that has emerged as a huge factor for steering the nation towards holistic development and progress.”
The dividends are already discernible with India emerging as the fifth economic global power and set to be third in the row during the third term of the BJP government led by Narendra Modi, he said, adding, “This has been possible due to sustained and tireless efforts during the past ten years.”
