Kangra, July 25 (Bureau) The Shahpur unit of Congress, led by state Congress General Secretary Kewal Singh Pathania, on Sunday held a demonstration against the misuse of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) and the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) against the opposition parties in the country to gag the opposition leaders, who speak against the government. The demonstrators included Congress workers and office bearers of 10 booth committees of seven panchayats of Dhar Kandi. They raised slogans against the government for misusing both ED and CBI. Addressing the demonstrators, Pathania said the dictatorial government of BJP wants to suppress the voice of people by misusing both CBI and ED. Congress leaders will always work as the voice of people. The dictatorial government of BJP is hell bent on committing atrocities on every section in the state and the country.
He said even if someone raises the voice for his rights, efforts are made to suppress the voice by using police force. After the protest demonstration, Pathania reviewed the booths and gave tips to strengthen the party at the booth level. Pathania said that this time, Congress will get victory in Shahpur but told the booth officials that this time, elections should be won with a huge majority. The HPCC GS said that ignoring the people of Dharkandi area in ??Shahpur would cost the state government a lot. It was a matter of great regret and pain that in July 2021, heavy rains and flash floods adversely affected the area but till date, the state government and the Public Works Department have failed to provide road connectivity with Kareri, Flotha, Sukhughat and Rawa and that the water supply connectivity was also in bad shape. Pathania said the BJP government takes votes by allegedly cheating the public. He said after grabbing power, they forgot their voters and thrust anti-people policies on the common man.
He further said that till date, the houses in Khadibehi, which had suffered heavy damage due to heavy rains, unfortunately, these affected people did not receive any help from the government. Pathania said that if the state government had not been able to restore the road, water, facilities to the people of Dhar Kandi area, it was worth condemnation. He said the earlier Congress government had taken up several works in Dhar Kandi region and had put it on the path of development, but in the last four-and-a-half years, BJP government has not laid a new stone in the area. On the contrary, the present government has not been able to complete the works approved by the previous Congress government, he added. Pathania said the people of Shahpur constituency were upset with the state government and were waiting for elections. Such a false promising government and local MLA will now be shown the way out of power because people of Shahpur gave chance to the BJP MLA for the last 15 years, but they feel cheated every time. This time, people of Shahpur will not fall under false temptations, he added.