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| BJP blames Congress for discrimination with Jammu | | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, May 26: Holding Congress and National Conference (NC) responsible for 'naked discrimination' against Jammu, the leader of BJP Legislature party, Prof Chaman Lal Gupta, has ridiculed the claim of Pradesh Congress that it is committed to balanced development of all the regions and there is no scope left by this coalition for any injustice. Addressing a meeting of the party activists here, Prof Gupta alleged that Congress is the mother of almost all the ills and its biggest folly was the grant of special status to Jammu and Kashmir after accepting the partition of India on communal basis. About the regional disparities, Prof Gupta pointed out that the leaders of the Congress and its coalition, the NC, were always acting under communal and regional considerations and Jammu was extended step-motherly treatment in all the spheres of life including the political representation to Jammu in the Lok Sabha as also in the state assembly. In this regard, the BJP leader pointed out that the voters strength of both the regions viz Kashmir and Jammu is almost equal and the geographical area of Jammu is almost double to that of Kashmir valley but in the Lok Sabha Jammu has been granted just two seats and in the assembly 37 seats as against three Lok Sabha and 46 assembly seats to the valley. And their high-handedness was so deplorable that in 2001, the NC government had manipulated an Amendment in the State Constitution under which an embargo has been put that there would be no delimitation in Jammu and Kashmir till 2026.
And thus, the political slavery has been imposed against Jammu for many years to come. Lashing upon the Congress, Prof. Gupta pointed out that the Congress in 2002 and then in 2008 assembly elections had promised through their manifestoes that they would bring a Bill to ensure early delimitation of assembly constituencies but the Congress leaders owe an explanation that why they are keeping mum on this basic issue which relates to all the developmental and other activities.
Prof. Gupta quoted several instances of discrimination against Jammu in the matter of developmental activities and pointed out that how the development of tourist resorts like that of Mansar, Surinsar, Sanasar and other several places is being ignored even by the Congress government at the Centre while sanctioning hundreds of crores for Dal Lake, Wullar and Jhelum whereas only a few crores for water bodies of Jammu. Quoting from a reply to a Question in the last session of the Legislature, Prof Gupta pointed out that the financial assistance to Jammu Municipal Corporation during 2008-09 was provided by the Government was just Rs 35.73 crore as against Rs 58.34 crore to Srinagar despite JMC was having more wards and the area to manage. He maintained that there was hardly any sphere of life where there was not discrimination and it is a matter of shame that the certain leaders of the Congress as also those of the NC are still parroting that there was no discrimination. The BJP leader asked the activists to expose the claims of the facilitators of the coalition leaders that there was no discrimination and they were extending justice to all the regions.
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