Jammu, June 05: “Even if the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led NDA forms government at the Centre, it won’t last long,” the Jammu and Kashmir Pradesh Congress Committee president Vikar Rasool Wani said on Wednesday.
Addressing a press conference at the party’s head office here, Wani said, “If the NDA government comes to power for the third term, it won’t last for long. The BJP’s slogan of ‘Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikas And Sabka Vishwas’ is untrue and it stands exposed for using Central and State agencies like the ED, CBI and police against opposition leaders to put them in jail.”
He said that Congress, which ruled the country for most of the time, always respected the opposition and the regional parties, unlike the BJP which is using its strength and money power to bring down governments and break regional parties.
He reiterated the Congress Party’s demand for immediate restoration of statehood to Jammu and Kashmir and the holding of assembly elections to restore democracy in the Union Territory.
“The first priority of the Congress is the restoration of statehood to Jammu and Kashmir and safeguarding its culture, land and jobs besides holding assembly elections to hand over the popular government to the people who are disappointed with the bureaucratic rule,” he said.
Vikar added, “We fought this election with our hands tied to our backs due to the freezing of our party accounts. There was no dearth of money with our rival party (BJP) and they utilised the money power to buy support. We are highly thankful to our workers who used their own resources and we put up a good fight in both the seats.”
The JKPCC chief said the Lok Sabha results showed that Congress is in revival mode, winning more than double the seats compared to the 2019 elections, dashing BJP’s dream of ‘Congress Mukt’ Bharat.
“All the promises made by BJP to the people of J&K proved false. The people are disappointed as inflation and unemployment have risen to the highest levels. If our government is formed at the Centre, we will try to address all the issues concerning the public,” he said, adding Congress believed walking alongside the public was shown by Rahul Gandhi who took out two foot marches in the country to spread the message of love and stand against divisive politics.
He said the Modi factor played in the win of both the BJP candidates in Udhampur and Jammu but “we are sure that the outcome of the assembly elections will be different and Congress will sweep the polls in Jammu province”.
With PTI inputs
