“It was a name from her land and Mata that took her to Kashmir,” she reminisced
Bishnah (Jammu):
The Congress will restore Jammu and Kashmir’s statehood, get together chief Priyanka Gandhi Vadra mentioned on Saturday whereas she slammed the BJP for utilizing the Union territory as a pawn to “stir feelings” elsewhere within the nation.
Ms Gandhi, the Congress’s nationwide common secretary, additionally criticised Lt Governor Manoj Sinha saying the present administration was a “puppet” authorities being run with a distant management.
“The Congress get together has a imaginative and prescient for you and for Jammu and Kashmir. We need to restore your state’s standing. If our authorities involves energy, we’ll instantly restore your statehood. We will even revive the custom of the Darbar Move,” Ms Vadra instructed a public rally right here.
Darbar Move refers back to the bi-annual shift of presidency workplaces, together with the secretariat, between Jammu and Srinagar in view of the cruel winter in J-Okay.
“We need to shield your rights, your rights to your land and your employment,” mentioned Ms Gandhi whereas talking in assist of the get together candidate in Bishnah, Neeraj Kundan.
Hitting out at Amit Shah’s remarks on the statehood challenge, she mentioned “I discovered it amusing when the house minister mentioned in his speech that if you would like statehood again, it’s essential to vote for us. But the actual fact is, they’re those who took it away. It is sort of a thief who steals your TV after which says, ‘If you need it again, ask me.’ “They declare solely they’ll return it. If our authorities involves energy, we’ll instantly restore your statehood,” Ms Gandhi mentioned hitting out on the BJP authorities for “downgrading” J-Okay right into a Union territory.
She added “This is the height of the nation. Nature has given you everything-these assets, this magnificence. From right here got here the good sages who unfold religion, tradition and teachings not solely in India however in different nations too.” But the BJP has snatched every part you’ve, the Congress chief added.
Recalling her grandmother Indira Gandhi’s “deep bond” with Kashmir, she mentioned, “Four or 5 days earlier than Indira Gandhi’s assassination, she instructed us she needed to go to Kashmir and see the autumn leaves. She introduced us to the Kheer Bhawani temple, and only a few days after returning to Delhi, she was assassinated.
“It was a name from her land and Mata that took her to Kashmir,” she reminisced, emphasising her household’s longstanding relationship with the area.
Ms Gandhi additionally attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi throughout her speech, saying he was not severe concerning the considerations of the individuals of J-Okay.
BJP leaders have turned Jammu and Kashmir right into a pawn of their political chess recreation as insurance policies usually are not being made for the individuals of the area, she mentioned.
“They are created to stir feelings throughout the nation utilizing you and serve political functions,” Ms Gandhi mentioned.
“Even in Modi Ji’s speech, there was no seriousness concerning the real considerations of the individuals of Jammu and Kashmir. Fixing railway stations is just not an achievement to boast about when the larger problems with your rights, land, and employment are being ignored,” she mentioned.
“What actually issues are the real considerations of the individuals of J-Okay. Why aren’t these being addressed? Why aren’t they specializing in the reality? When did the prime minister take away your state’s standing? The Congress chief additionally raised the problem of unemployment in her speech, claiming that half of the contracts meant for J-Okay had been awarded to outsiders. “You have been disadvantaged of your voting rights, and small companies are being crushed by massive companies. Why is Jammu and Kashmir lagging behind in employment? Why is there a lot unemployment?” The BJP authorities, she mentioned, has established a “system of loot, with a puppet authorities operating issues by distant management”, she mentioned.
“Land banks are being created, and your lands are being handed over to large industrialists, the identical ones whom Modi Ji has favoured throughout the nation. The similar is going on right here in Jammu and Kashmir,” Ms Gandhi mentioned.
Criticising the federal government on the Agnipath scheme, Ms Gandhi mentioned, “They launched Agniveer, a scheme that offers nothing to those that danger their lives on the borders and turn out to be martyrs. This is why all opposition events are preventing and elevating this challenge repeatedly.
“This authorities and the prime minister are so boastful that although they know the scheme is improper and never useful for the youth, they refuse to again down,” she mentioned.
She additionally touched on the drug habit drawback plaguing the area, saying that no BJP chief talks about it as a result of they know the basis trigger is unemployment. “Due to joblessness, individuals are falling prey to the drug mafia,” she mentioned.
Ms Gandhi referred to as on the individuals of Jammu and Kashmir to vote correctly, underlining that the Congress’s imaginative and prescient contains the restoration of statehood, safety of land rights of locals, and employment alternatives for its individuals.
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