INDIA bloc will win all 6 Lok Sabha seats in J&K, Ladakh: Bhalla

The INDIA bloc will win all six Lok Sabha seats in the Union territories of Jammu and Kashmir, and Ladakh, JKPCC Working President Raman Bhalla said while addressing public gathering in Reasi today. Prominent among those present on the occasion include JKPCC General Secretary Rajesh Sadhotra, Munshi Ram Salaria, Madan Dogra, Raj Kumar Verma, Mohan Singh, Anil Sadhotra, Gopal Pandit, Bashir, Raj Kumar Padha, Raju Spolia, Bhanu Partap, Sewa Ram, Shahid Shah, Vikram, Karan Thappa, Yashi, Ravi Gandotra, Ajay, Jugal, Jannu, Rashid, Jayant, Ranjit , Prikshit , Abhishek, Gafoor, Rafiq, Angrez Singh, Basim Ranjit Singh, Anil Raina, Suresh, Pritam Singh, Adv. Vijay Adv. Ajay, Jishu, Naresh Sharma, Mukesh, Sunil, Tilak besides others

Urging party workers to gear up for the ensuing Lok Sabha elections , Bhalla said Congress believes in Hindu- Muslim unity and religious brotherhood for peace and harmony in the country. He said that record unemployment of last 45 years, price rise, murder of democracy in J&K apart from snatching statehood, rights to land and jobs, failure to regularise daily wagers and stopping of old age, widow pension and crushing rights of employees are all anti- people actions of BJP government.

Bhalla expressed confidence that the alliance will win all the six seats -- two seats of Jammu region, three of Kashmir valley and one of Ladakh. Highlighting the significance of Jammu and Kashmir, he said, "Although J-K has six seats in Parliament and 90 in assembly, it is the most important state for its strategic and secular characters." He said that Congress will emerge stronger enough to form the government with likeminded parties, as no party will be able to form government without Congress which is only secular and democratic party in the country, fighting against dictatorship of Modi Government.The senior Congress leader said that people are fed up with anti- poor and anti- common people policies of the ruling party whose diversionary and divisive politics is exposed before people.

Bhalla exhorted the party cadre to prepare for the upcoming elections. He said that BJP should tell what contribution it made in the independence of this country. He alleged that while the BJP did nothing on serious issues like inflation and unemployment during its 10-year tenure, it left no stone unturned in disturbing the communal harmony of the country. Taking a jibe at GST also, he said that taxes are being collected from the public for everything from salt and sugar to petrol and diesel, but the tax money collected is going into the pockets of capitalists.He said that before 2014, applications were invited for jobs in all departments, but in the last 10 years, only a handful of people were given jobs in the name of employment.

Bhalla lauding the people of J&K, said that they wanted development, investment and employment. While addressing the rally, he made it clear that in the coming days, Congress would enter the field with great determination and it would move forward taking every grassroots worker into confidence. He alleged that the country was not in safe hands and the end of the politics of dividing people in the name of caste and religion was near. Taking on BJP, he said that the people of Jammu and Kashmir were feeling cheated. He said that BJP’s politics of regions divided the mutual brotherhood of Jammu and Kashmir. He claimed, “Today the people of Jammu have been deprived of their rights.” He also criticised the party for unemployment, inflation and increasing drug addiction, the skyrocketing fares in the name of smart meters, anti-encroachment campaigns and ‘illegal toll plazas’.

Emphasizing on mutual coordination and harmony, Bhalla said that today the entire country was considering the I.N.D.I Alliance as the only hope. He said, “Now the time has come that Congress, which has been playing the role of a strong opposition, should come to the central stage and the people can be saved from their present miseries. He challenged the central government to hold elections in Jammu and Kashmir along with the 2024 Lok Sabha polls if it was serious about its idea of 'one nation, one election'. He said this government, which talks so much about simultaneous elections in the country, is unable to put its money where its mouth is, even in one state much less than the entire nation. "If the government is serious about 'one nation, one election', I hope that they will put their money where their mouth is and show us that it is possible by doing it first in Jammu and Kashmir.