Gulmarg: Congress chief Rahul Gandhi on Sunday (February 19) accused the Centre of snatching the democratic rights of the folks of Jammu and Kashmir and mentioned the anti-encroachment drive was geared toward diverting consideration from “real” points. Gandhi was talking at a gathering of celebration leaders from Jammu and Kashmir right here, 52 km from Srinagar, a Congress spokesperson mentioned. “(Rahul) Gandhi expressed serious concern over the difficulties confronting the people in the absence of a democratic system in J-K while slamming the government for snatching the rights of people,” the spokesman mentioned in an announcement right here.
The Congress chief, who’s on a personal go to to Kashmir, accused the Centre of failing the folks on all counts. Gandhi mentioned J-Ok was divided into two Union Territories towards the desires of the folks and they had been now being denied their democratic rights by “the BJP aiming to hide its wrong policies and utter failure”. The Congress shall proceed to battle for the democratic rights of the folks and guarantee justice, he mentioned.
Gandhi slammed the present “eviction drive”, terming it “BJP’s deliberate move to divert the attention of the people from real issues especially rising unemployment, unprecedented price hike and other developmental issues concerning people”.
The J-Ok governor administration has launched a large anti-encroachment drive in the Union Territory to retrieve the state land from encroachers. Major political events together with the National Conference, the Congress and the PDP have demanded a right away finish to it.
People, particularly the youth, are becoming a member of the Congress celebration due to its pro-people insurance policies, he was quoted as saying in the assertion.
Gandhi urged celebration leaders to preserve their doorways open for these wishing to be a part of Congress and encourage them to work for the well-being of the folks.
The former celebration president mentioned he’ll proceed to go to J-Ok as he felt the ache and anguish of the folks. In her deal with, AICC General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi urged the celebration leaders to work onerous to strengthen the Congress on the grassroots stage and pressured that the celebration “is an instrument of service to the people”.
