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JAMMU: Taking a jibe on the Jammu and Kashmir Government in general and State BJP in particular, MLA Udhampur and former Minister, Pawan Gupta said that both have betrayed Jammu and deprived the people of the region of their basic right.
Addressing a public meeting to pay homage to late Lala Shiv Charan Gupta here on Sunday, Pawan made a fervent appeal to the gathering that it should prepare itself for a full scale campaign to end discrimination with Jammu and save the province from the danger facing it.
He questioned the New Delhi’s Kashmir policy and said it has only further aggravated the Kashmir’s political scene and endangers national security.
He described the Kashmir policy suicidal and fraught with dangerous consequences.
He said the two years long PDP-BJP regime is a tale of Jammu’s willful neglect and marginalization. He told the audience that there is no single government department which has not ignored Jammu’s legitimate rights, interests and share- be it service sector of PHE or Education or Health care.
“People of Jammu province have been getting only crumbs and Kashmir is taking away almost everything,” he said.
Expressing his grave concern over the rise of extremism in Kashmir, Pawan said that there are elements in Kashmir who now no more talk of autonomy, self rule and Azadi but for a theocratic dispensation.
“We will not allow Jammu and Kashmir State to become a theocratic State”, he said and added that Jammu and Kashmir consists of three distinct regions and they have their own needs, compulsions and aspirations.
“Jammu and Kashmir is a part of democratic India and there is no place for extremist ideology in the State”, he said.
He bemoaned that there is none in the Assembly who is prepared to speak the truth and all appear on the same side.
He said he is surmounting all the difficulties by the Kashmir centric political class and obtaining for the Udhampur Constituency as much funds as possible. He catalogued the developmental works he has undertaken in the constituency and reassured the people that no house even in a remote area will be without potable drinking water and other basic facilities including road connectivity.
Gupta appealed to the public of Udhampur to strengthen his hands so that he not only converts Udhampur into a model constituency but the whole of Jammu province making all-round progress. He said Jammu province needs a new leadership which is committed to Jammu province and the nation and which is competent to defeat the separatists and communal tendencies in the State.
Prof. Hari Om, Chajju Ram Shastri, Raj Kumar Bucha, Ravi Malguria, Rama Nand Baria, Rohit Sethi, Sham Sawroop Kalsotra, Dharamveer Gupta, Balwan Singh, Raj Mohd. Chandel, Jeevan Sharma, Puran Chand Sharma, Sanjay Sharma, Lal Chand Bhagat, Allah Din, Vijay Sharma, Shabbir Chandel, Subash Sharma, Veer Chander Sharma, Om Parkash Sharma, Swarn Singh Rathore, Romesh Gupta and Mohan Lal also spoken on the occasion.
