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| NPP protests against Estates Deptt, Security wing of Police | | |  EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, Mar 20: Alleging conferment of multifarious facilities by the present regime to Ex-MLAs/Ex-Ministers and even petty workers of BJP to the exclusion of all other political parties, scores of Panther activists led by Harsh Dev Singh, Chairman-JKNPP staged a thunderous protest in Jammu today. While raising anti-BJP slogans, the infuriated protesters decried the most glaring example of patronized corruption and mis-rule running in J&K. They torched the effigies of Estates Deptt, Security wing of Police and BJP for looting the tax payers’ money in connivance.
Addressing the media, Harsh Dev Singh expressed his dismay over the open violation of SOPs and guidelines in the matter of allotment of government accommodation so as to confer undue and illegitimate benefits upon the political persons owing allegiance to BJP and JKAP. It was shocking to note that BJP leaders who were not holding any position in government and fell in common man’s category were occupying not only ‘Special Type’, ‘A-type’ Estates mansions but many of them were still living in Ministerial Bungalows. And while the opposition leaders including ex-Ministers and heads of recognized political parties were hounded out of Estates quarters’ years back through police force.
He said that a reply received by him in response to RTI revealed that several BJP workers have been allotted Estates Bungalows which continue to be retained by them in violation of all norms and stipulated procedures. It was further shocking to note that the concerned authorities had allowed the BJP leaders to retain the said Estates bunglows despite categoric orders of their eviction issued repeatedly by the High Court. Not only that the Apni Party had been conferred undue favours by allotting govt accommodation for its political office by defying the orders of the High Court.
Not only the Estates Bungalows but the security vehicles and PSOs were also being allotted purely on political considerations, said Singh. He pointed out that all the Ex-MLAs and Ex-Ministers of BJP and JKAP were provided security vehicles and a huge paraphernalia of security personnel while denying bare minimum security to opposition leaders. He said that the even top leadership of recognized political parties has also been divested of their due security by withdrawing their escorts, vehicles as well as security PSOs despite facing militants’ threats.
Seeking a high level probe preferably through CBI into the whole gamut of illegal allotments of govt bungalows and huge encroachments of govt lands and properties by BJP leaders, Singh called for punitive action against the officers who were acting more as BJP servants than public servants. He said that non adherence to any set of norms and differential treatment of political parties by abusing of public exchequer and conferring benefits upon favourities was not only a crime but a financial scam which needed due attention of the Lt. Governor and Chief Secretary of the UT. |
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