Jammu, June 18: Jammu and Kashmir Pradesh Congress Committee (JKPCC) working president Raman Bhalla on Sunday said that statehood is the biggest issue of J&K and the Congress will do everything possible to grant statehood to J&K.
“Congress Party is with the people of J&K and will do everything to make sure that J&K gets full statehood,” he said while interacting with aggrieved people of Seora Panchayat and adjoining areas in Bishnah constituency on Sunday.
Bhalla said, “BJP snatched rights and statehood of the people and since then, outsiders are ruling J&K while the administration doesn’t listen to people’s problems. Locals losing jobs and unemployment in J&K, especially in Jammu is the highest in the country.”
He slammed the government saying “lakhs of people belonging to weaker sections are struggling for their survival as the government has failed to release Rs 1000 pension in their favour since February this year”.
“Bhalla expressed dismay over the government directive which forced these people in distress to rush from one government office to another to get requisite documents such as Domicile Certificate, Age Certificate, Aadhaar and Disability Certificate to register themselves on the SUGAM portal to avail the social welfare pension scheme,” the JKPCC said in a statement, adding, “All types of beneficiaries, even those who have applied fresh on SUGAM portal, are without pension. The present J&K administration is leaving no effort to harass the handicapped people.”
The Congress leader said the “entire trade in J&K is controlled by the outsiders and there is no one to listen to peoples’ problems”. He castigated the J&K administration for the “plight of poor people”, saying, “In J&K, the land of poor people is being taken away and there is no one to listen to their concern.”
Bhalla asked the Central government when it would ensure a congenial atmosphere for elections to take place in Jammu and Kashmir and elect a government of the people here. He accused the BJP of failing to read the pulse of the J&K people and said it cannot shun and run away from owning the responsibility of “creating this mess and backstabbing” the people of Jammu and Kashmir.
