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| Harsh Dev clashes with Jaitley in APD meet | | JKNPP leader hits out at babus, BJP leaders | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Sept 5: Taking strong exception to the persistent attacks on the BJP-PDP government and particularly on BJP during the All Party Delegation (APD) meeting with JKNPP here on Monday, an infuriated Arun Jaitley, Union Minister of Finance, stood up from his seat and threatened to leave the meeting half way in case JKNPP leader Harsh Dev Singh persisted with his attacks.
"When it comes to separatists you don't mind standing outside their royal residences in your desperation to talk to them but when someone speaks for the cause of Jammu you get unnerved," sources quoted Harsh Dev Singh as having told Jaitley.
A visibly agitated Jaitley insisted upon his colleague and head of the delegation, Home Minister Rajnath Singh, to rise from his seat and close the meeting, sources said.
"When Rajnath Singh persuaded Jailey to take his seat, the latter pointed to Harsh Dev, saying, 'we are not going to listen to you any further'," the sources said.
"You may listen to me or not but you can't stop me from speaking the truth", responded Harsh Dev. "You are a senior minister of the government. You need to have courage to listen to the viewpoint of the opposition."
Jaitley replied: "You are attacking not only the government but also senior bureaucrats. You must stop that." Harsh Dev Singh retorted, "They are not my masters. And I have a right to put forward my viewpoint as a duly invited participant in the conference."
Jaitley was pacified by Rajnath Singh who asked Harsh Dev to visit Delhi as he had made some valuable suggestions.
Earlier during his 15 minutes address, Harsh Dev accused BJP-PDP of forging an unholy and opportunist alliance in the state despite having vowed during elections to wipe out each other.
He said that BJP has cowardly surrendered on all its fundamentals and failed to get even a single election promise incorporated in the Agenda of Alliance. He said that the people of both the regions had rejected this alliance which they considered as a betrayal with them. He said that BJP had forgotten the issues of West Pak refugees, POJK migrants and the promises made with the residents of IB and LoC. He said that BJP assured delimitation of Assembly constituencies during the elections but abandoned the slogan after assuming power. He added that unemployed, underemployed and daily wagers of various government departments besides ReTs and SSA and RMSA teachers were the worst sufferers.
Harsh Dev said that highly qualified youth including PhDs and MPhils were being treated like bonded labourers. He said there was a massive discontent in Jammu region as BJP ministers have utterly failed to address the aspirations of the people.
Referring to repeated interruptions during his speech, Harsh Dev said that BJP never wanted him to attend the APD and he was being interrupted during the course of the meeting by certain bureaucrats also who were insisting him time and again to cut short his address.
This prompted Jaitley to and ask Harsh Dev to stop accusing the BJP and bureaucrats. He stood on his chair for quite some time insisting other members of the delegation to rise in protest. During the course of the heated exchanges between Harsh Dev and Jaitley, the NSG and security personnel entered the venue and tried to forcibly silence the JKNPP leader which agitated other leaders of the Panthers Party.
Balwant Singh Mankotia stood up from his seat objecting to the brow beating tactics and regretted that JKNPP was the only recognized political party from Jammu region which was being maltreated even during the course of the meeting. He was joined by several other members of the Panthers party including Rajesh Padgotra, Gagan Pratap Singh and Shyam Gorkha. |
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