VIJAYPUR: Former minister and senior State Vice President National Conference, Surjeet Singh Slathia on Sunday took PDP-BJP Government head on for failing in responding to the acute sufferings of residents along International Border and Line of Control in the wake of shelling from across the border, saying they were virtually left in lurch. “The government has betrayed these hapless people, who the BJP exploited ruthlessly during 2014 elections to Lok Sabha and Legislative Assembly by making promises that turned out to be just hoax”, Slathia said while addressing a public meeting at Panchayat Meen Charaka in Bari Brahmna this afternoon.
Trashing the poor record card of the present dispensation, Slathia said that over two and half years of PDP-BJP Government in two spells brought just miseries to the people, as development and implementation of various welfare schemes remained a far cry due to naivety and inexperience of the BJP. He said both the coalition partners worked at cross purposes as a result of which the people remained at the receiving end. He referred to the non-disbursement of compensation to those hit by rains and flash floods during the past two years and said the border victims got just nothing.
Slathia said that while the coalition government has failed in reaching out to the suffering border residents and those who have been affected by the rains and flash floods during the past two years, the overall scenario across the state is horribly pathetic. He said the utility services like power, drinking water and health has been deplorable while the availability of rations at the sale outlets has been scarce. The former minister charged the PDP and BJP of working at cross purposes, saying the people are suffering adversely as a consequence. He said the people of the state have realised futility of reposing their trust to the coalition which has failed on all fronts. The situation on development front in particular is alarming in remote and far-off areas while resentment is brewing among educated unemployed, as the government has failed in creating opportunities for them. He said the daily wagers have been forced to take to streets for seeking regularisation, the old-age and widows are running helter-skelter for their pensions. “The PDP-BJP government as failed on all fronts”, Slathia said.
Among those present on the occasion included District President NC Mahinder Gupta, District Vise President Vijay Singh, Block President Bhagwan Singh, Joint Secretary Bashir Malik, Sarpanchs Swaran Singh, Gulab Din, Gulam Nabi, Balwant Singh, Ex Chairman Municipality Committee Bari Brahmana, Raman Gupta, Retired Col Kamal Singh, Chuni Lal and Mahinder Singh.