Jammu, Sep 23: Congress Working President, Mohinder Bhardwaj, today appealed the people of both Jammu and Kashmir regions to overwhelmingly vote for the Congress-National Conference.
He was addressing a press conference here. “The present assembly election is historic for many reasons. It is both a reason to rejoice that people are able to elect a popular government after a gap of 10 years. And sorrow that people of what was a bubbling state, are voting to elect a truncated assembly of powerless Union,” Bhardwaj said.
The Congress leader added that the biggest challenge in this election is to defeat the divisive and communal forces. “These forces represented by BJP-RSS who were instrumental in demoting and dividing the state of Jammu and Kashmir. And the effort to further create divide on religion and regional lines are going on in a full swing. Congratulating people on Maharaja Hari Singh’s birth anniversary,” he said.
“Look at how PM Modi and BJP have decimated and demoted the state of Jammu and Kashmir which he had made part of India. Those who swear by the Maharaja and are politicizing his name have heaped a big insult on him by eroding his heritage,” he said.
He criticised both the Modi government and the LG’s administration for their anti-people policies and making life miserable for them. “People are facing a plethora of problems like alarming unemployment, inflated power bills due to installation of smart meters, poor roads and civic amenities, and the farm sector reeling under serious stress. Their tall claims that dilution of Article 370 will eradicate militancy and make people’s life comfortable in all respects have fallen flat and the lies stand fully exposed,” Bhardwaj said.
