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| Cong's stand on AIIMS evokes good response in Jammu | | Arrogant BJP leadership failed to gauge people's anger | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Apr 13:While as arrogant BJP leaders and Ministers are totally indulged into enjoying power, the Congress has started raking up pro-Jammu issues to regain its lost ground in this part of the State.
Encouraging response to party's one day protest against shifting of AIIMS to Kashmir is an indication that people of Jammu region has realised that it was high time to support to teach a lesson to BJP leadership which has forget Jammu's issue to enjoy power. The arrogant BJP leadership is failed to gauge people anger against the party.
While as anger brewing among residents of Jammu region again shifting of AIIMS to Kashmir, arrogant BJP leadership is of the view that people of Jammu have no option but to blind support them. They have taken Jammu region for granted.
Meanwhile Congress today held a protest outside Raj Bhavan here, hitting out at the BJP-led Central government for "denying" Jammu region an AIIMS and sanctioning the premier medical institute only for the Valley.
Led by Congress state senior Vice-President and former Minister Sham Lal Sharma and Congress Legislative Party Leader Nawang Rigzin Jora, Congress workers and leaders sat on a dharna in front of Raj Bhavan here.
They shouted anti-BJP and anti-government slogans over denial of AIIMS to Jammu region by BJP-led Central government and PDP-led state government and termed the saffron party as traitor of Jammu region.
Hitting out at BJP-led Central government, Sham Lal Sharma charged Minister of State in PMO Dr Jitendra Singh for misleading and deceiving the people of Jammu on the issue.
He was on record having announced that AIIMS has been sanctioned for Jammu. Soon after Union Finance Minister finished his speech in Lok Sabha, Dr Singh walked up to his seat and thanked him for having sanctioned an AIIMS for Jammu and IIT and IIM for J&K in the budget, Sharma alleged.
"People of the region feel cheated of the reversal of the said decision and denial of the facility to Jammu region which could have benefited people of neighbouring states and over one crore pilgrims and people visiting the state annually," he said.
"We are not against the Kashmir region for grant of AIIMS, but we want that Jammu should also be given an AIIMS because it has a large population from various areas of the region particularly Kashmir and Ladakh besides over one crore pilgrims and tourists during the winter season," he said.
It is worthwhile to mention that keeping in view the peculiar circumstances in this state, the then Congress-led government took a major decision and announced two separate Central Universities- one for each region, keeping aside all norms in the matter, he said, adding, the Centre should grant AIIMS to Jammu on the same pattern.
Sharma said Congress has exposed the double standards of the BJP government at the Centre and PDP-BJP government in the state for their discriminatory treatment towards the people of Jammu.
He said that Congress has approached the Governor for seeking justice for the people of Jammu region on the issue of setting up AIIMS. |
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