Vows to establish 2 regional development councils
PS BALI
Jammu, Dec 10: Congress president, Sonia Gandhi today held coalition partner National Conference responsible for the state government’s failure in implementing people-friendly programmes in Jammu and Kashmir.
In her maiden election rally in Jammu for ongoing assembly polls, Sonia Gandhi maintained “It was due to coalition compulsions that we could not fulfill the pro-people programmes, including the implementation of food security bill during the last six years.” She added that Congress always worked for the development of J&K and vowed to establish two ‘regional development councils’ in the state, if her party comes to power in the state.
Emphasizing upon the development of the state, Congress president said that Congress strived for progress of every section of the state. “We have developmental vision towards J&K, besides establishing two regional development councils in the state, Congress will also focus on the skill development programmes for the youth, respectable settlement of migrants including Kashmiri Pandits and empowerment of women and weaker section of the society,” she added.
Sonia Gandhi claimed that during the tenure of Congress in the state, steps were taken to resolve border issues, besides maintaining communal harmony. “We joined coalition government in the state only to defeat separatist forces that were hell bent to divide the people,” Sonia said and added that despite being in coalition Congress wholeheartedly worked for the betterment of the state.
“Under able leadership of Ghulam Nabi Azad, the Congress party initiated several pro-people programmes for the development of the state. We primarily focused on education and health in the state and to certain extent succeeded to develop it,” she said and added that for the convenience of the people in this mountainous region, her party introduced Train links, besides tunnels for connecting people with rest of the region.
Taking dig at central government for ‘rejecting’ one time settlement proposal of PAK refugees, Sonia said “After working hard to provide permanent solution to the issued of refugees, BJP led government at center rejected it, only to deprive Congress of the credits.”
She cautioned the people of Jammu and Kashmir ‘to beware of BJP, as this party is ‘master in double speak’. “When a person gets entrapped in the magic of their words, he has to repent in the last,” said Sonia, adding “Inki Mitthi-Mitthi Baatoon Se Bachoo” (Be careful of BJPs’ toadying promises”.
Further attacking BJP, she said this party deceives the masses by making hoax promises, as it did in Lok Sabha polls.
“BJP promised the people of exposing names of account holders having black money stashed in foreign banks, but after coming to power all promises ‘fell-flat’,” she said and added that BJP is now hesitant to disclose even names of a few people as majority are of their lobby.
The AICC president also slammed BJP’s silence over the abusive remarks of union Minister Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti and said that the party was shielding her despite making such an unparliamentarily statement.
Claiming that Congress was the only party that worked for the betterment of the people in India and in J&K, she said “We provided a potent tool to people of the state in the shape of Right to Information (RTI), to eradicate corruption from its roots, but BJP led government is hell bent in weakening this tool, only to cover its corporate lobby,” Sonia Gandhi said and urged upon the people to defeat ‘divisive and double speak’ politics by giving vote to Congress.
Earlier, she said that J&K is a land of braves and hard workers and on such a soil, innocent people and security forces are being ‘killed by Pakistan rangers’, whereas central government was tight-lipped.
Former Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad, AICC general secretary Ambika Soni, JKPCC president Saif-ud-Din Soz, PHE Minister Sham Lal Sharma and Housing Minister Raman Bhalla were also present.
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