Congress terms it ‘jumlapatr’
Srinagar: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday released the BJP’s manifesto for the Jammu and Kashmir assembly elections and detailed the future plans of the party should it come to power.
The BJP’s manifesto pays special attention to the interests of all sections of the Valley. The Home Minister urged the people of the Valley to give BJP five years, after which they would experience a remarkable transformation in their lives.
The BJP’s manifesto places significant emphasis on women. The Home Minister announced that if the BJP forms the government in the valley, Rs 18,000 will be provided yearly to one elderly woman in every household under the ‘Maa Samman Yojana’.
Apart from this, under the Ujjwala Yojana, women will receive two free gas cylinders. To ensure that financial constraints do not hinder anyone’s education, the party will provide Rs 3,000 annually to all female students.
The Home Minister also stated that if the BJP comes to power in Jammu and Kashmir, elderly women will receive a monthly pension of Rs 3,000, an increase from the current Rs 1,000 pension they receive.
Moreover, Amit Shah promised support for farmers as well. He said that under the ‘Kisan Samman Nidhi Yojana’, farmers would receive Rs 10,000 annually instead of the current Rs 6,000.
In addition, Amit Shah addressed the issue of Article 370 in the manifesto. He made it clear that Article 370 is now a thing of the past and has no relevance to the present.
He emphasised that if another party forms the government in the Valley, there could be attempts to restore Article 370, which would potentially lead to an increase in terrorist activities – a situation the BJP aims to avoid.
The elections in Jammu and Kashmir will be held in three phases. The Election Commission has announced the dates: the first phase on September 18, the second phase on September 25, and the third phase on October 1.
Meanwhile, Congress has termed the BJP Ghoshnapattar as ‘Jumlapatr’ and said that after ten years, “BJP now making fake promises to the people of different sections whom they crushed under huge taxes, smart meters, unprecedented unemployment and record price rise”.
In a press release JKPCC has said “BJP is ruling Jammu and Kashmir from 2014 and directly from 2018 through Governor and Lt Governor rule but none of these initiatives were taken or thought of instead people were imposed huge taxes, revision and enhancement of all sorts fees, taxes and duties when prices of all items of common use were hiked, several recruitment scams took place and unemployed were subjected to great harassment. The daily wagers need based , NHM, REJ, NYC, CIC operators and other such categories of employees and workers were protesting on roads and termed as sins of previous NC- Congress governments and now BJP is shedding crocodile tears for all such categories and these are just jumlas which are never fulfilling after coming to power by BJP has happened to such promises of 2014 election.
The biggest thing is that BJP is non committal on statehood after over five years it was downgraded in an arbitrary manner against the wishes of entire population especially dogra people and BJP should explain the achievements after forming UT.
