Addressing corner meetings at bantalab, Lower Roop Nagar, Gharota, Amb, Sua no. 1, Dayaran, Barnai and Akalpur areas of Raipur-Domana Assembly constituency on Tuesday, BJP Lok Sabha Candidate for Jammu-Poonch Parliamentary Constituency & State BJP President Jugal Kishore Sharma bemoaned the miserable plight of Schedule Castes, Other Backward Classes and Refugees from West Pakistan and POJK and charged the NC-Congress coalition government with willfully neglecting these segments of society. He said it is strange that due reservation share to SC category is being denied in recruitment as well as in promotions. The funds which are sent to the state by the centre under Special Component Plan for the development of the SC populated towns and villages is being perted to other sectors and the result is that this community even today lives in medieval ages. He also expressed his unhappiness over the fact that while the OBCs are entitled to 27% reservation in the rest of the country, in Jammu and Kashmir they are not entitled to even one per cent reservation. “This is utterly unacceptable,” said Jugal Kishore Sharma.
Sharma also lambasted the NC and the Congress government for its negative attitude towards the Refugees from West Pakistan and POJK and said the failure of the State Government to grant citizenship rights to the refugees from West Pakistan and give due compensation to the refugees from POJK for the properties they left behind in 1947 only proves that its approach towards these victims of extremism and communalism.The claim of the NC- Congress coalition government that it is secular, democratic, fair, and people-centric is hollow. The NC and the Congress are two parties, besides the PDP, which have only vitiated the socio-religious and political atmosphere of the State to pander to their communal constituencies at the cost of the general public and the State. The NC and the Congress have, instead of handing down to the people a responsive, transparent, accountable and corruption free administration, all along indulged in negative politics and the result is that there is widespread discontent and disaffection prevailing across the state of Jammu, Kashmir and Ladakh,” he said and added that the BJP is the only party which is not only committed to protecting the territorial integrity of the country but also committed to ensuring full justice to all segments of society, including SCs, OBCs, STs, Refugees of all varieties and the minorities. He appealed to the people to vote for the BJP so that Jammu and Kashmir returns to the parliament maximum number of members. He said vote for the BJP will be a vote for unity, development, prosperity and future of the country and people and expressed the hope that they would join BJP PM nominee Narendra Modi’s pious 272+ mission and rid India of Congress misrule forever.
Jugal was accompanied by Jammu-poonch Parliamentary Constituency Incharge Yudhvir Sethi, Local MLA Bharat Bhushan, Senior leader Bansi Lal Bharti, SC Morcha State President Surinder Bhagat, BJYM Vice President Ashish Sareen, Sarpanch Narinder Singh and Ravi Sharma.Meanwhile, State BJP Vice President Col. Uttam Singh, along with State BJP General Secretary Bali Bhagat and Political Advisor to State BJP President Prof. Hari Om, inaugurated an election offices at Domana and Lower Roop Nagar, Muthi. Hundreds of BJP activists were present on the occasion, who pledged to work day and night for the success of Jugal Kishore Sharma. Speaking on the occasion, Col. Singh said the coming Lok Sabha election is very crucial for India and we have to work overtime to ensure the BJP victory. Prominent among others who were present on the occasion were State Kissan Morcha President Karan Singh, District BJP President Sukhdev Singh Jamwal, Suraj Padha, Joginder Singh, Omi Khajuria, Swarn Singh Bhau, Narendra Singh, Mukesh Sharma, Manohar Lal Bhagat, Pawan Singh Salathia, Kuldeep Singh, Rajender Singh, Jagdish Pandey, Yog Raj Sharma and Bharat Bhushan Sharma.