Will undo wrongs of BJP govt and introduce people friendly, pro-poor policies: J&K Congress
Jammu, Sep 11 (Representative) Jammu and Kashmir Pradesh Congress Committee on Sunday said that the party will undo wrongs of BJP government and shall introduce people friendly and pro-poor policies in the region. “BJP has brought miseries through unprecedented price rise for the poor, common man, educated unemployed and daily wagers and each section of society due to unprecedented price rise by huge taxations, besides snatching the lands of the poor farmers during last more than nine years of its rule,” JKPCC Chief Vikar Rasool Wani said addressing a public gathering at Suchetgarh reserved assembly segment.He said that the Congress shall undo the wrongs of BJP govt and present dispensation and introduce the people friendly and various pro-poor policies in Jammu and Kashmir thus giving major relief to the sufferings of poor, downtrodden and others.
He added that the Congress has always protected the interests and ensured their due share and participation in every sphere of life including political empowerment right from basic institutions of democracy to highest levels. Wani traced the achievements of the Congress towards the upliftment of downtrodden and oppressed sections of the society and said the Congress policies and programmes have always been directed towards the welfare of poor and downtrodden. The Congress under the leadership of Rajiv Gandhi gave 33 percent reservation to women including SC women apart from proportional representation to SC, STs and OBC in all tiers of Panchayats and ULBs throughout the country through 73rd and 74th amendment, he added.
Former Dy CM Tara Chand referred to the contributions of Congress party towards upliftment of downtrodden in every sphere including political empowerment from top to bottom right upto panchayats. He accused BJP of creating division and polarisation for vote bank politics and cautioned them not to fall prey to the exploitation of BJP and RSS in the name of religion, caste, creed and colour. Working President Raman Bhalla lashed out at the BJP for crushing the poor especially downtrodden during its rule by fleecing them through unprecedented taxes on all items leading to record price rise, large scale unemployment and other anti poor policies. He said the senior most leader Malikarjun Kharge is elected president of Congress party today, who also belongs to the downtrodden section of the country. Bhalla said that Congress always framed and implemented the pro poor and pro oppressed policies to ensure their upliftment since independence and referred to the protection of their rights to jobs in district cadre posts all over state in the last govt.