JAMMU: Former Minister and senior Congress leader, Raman Bhalla on Monday alleged that the present PDP-BJP Government has failed in addressing critical issues of the State.
Reacting over reshuffle in Cabinet here, Bhalla said that changing faces of ministers will neither help BJP nor people of Jammu region as to serve people needs will power which is lacking in BJP since day one after joining hands with PDP, sacrificing its core ideology to remain in power.
While highlighting the glaring development and governance deficit in the State, Bhalla said there was no sign of governance in the State.
“The BJP is facing growing Opposition in Jammu province. The party, which won 25 of Jammu’s 37 seats in 2014 by promising to further the interests of the province, is being accused of giving up on everything it stood for,” Bhalla said addressing public gathering here at Trikuta Nagar Extension.
Bhalla said that the people of Jammu are not satisfied. “Delivery of ministers from Jammu is not satisfactory,” he added.
“The people of Jammu region have major grievances that they expected the party would address the issues after coming to power. Most of the projects are still in the pipeline. There are investments in these but there is no remarkable progress as such. And most of the progress that is being reported is from centrally-funded projects,” Bhalla said, adding that the BJP has failed to deliver because it is locked in a constant struggle to keep the government going. “If the BJP tries to satisfy people by adhering to their agenda, the PDP is upset,” he said. “If the PDP tries to adhere to their agenda, BJP is upset. The alliance is on tenterhooks, on a double-edged sword. Resentment is only natural if they can’t follow their respective agendas,” he added.