Cong will sweep upcoming Assembly polls in J&K: Rajni Patil

Rajni Patil AICC Incharge for Jammu & Kashmir said that Congress party will sweep the upcoming Assembly polls in J&K as people are fed-up of series of lies and false promises made by the BJP leadership in the Union Territory. She was speaking during a joining programme at Katra wherein scores of political worker embraced Congress party. The main face, who joined Congress today and would help in giving a strong contest to other political parties in the constituency was of renowned social activist Bhupinder Singh, who along with scores of people came into Congress party fold with a mission to make it a force to reckon with. Besides Rajni Patil, JKPCC President Vikar Rasool Wani, Working President Raman Bhalla, Uday Bhanu Chib, President J&K PYC, Mula Ram senior Congress leader and former minister also spoke on the occasion. Prominent among those present on the occasion include Shahnawaz Choudhary, Vijay Sharma Babbi, Rajesh Sadotra, Krishan Lal Bhagat, Pranav Shagotra, Rakesh Wazir, Jahanzaib Sirwal, Bilal Rashid, Pawan Raina, Charanjeet Bhagat, Shakeel Shah, Latish Sharma besides others

Welcoming Bhupinder Singh into party fold, she said that the responsibility on his shoulders is big as he has to fight with the bogus promises made by BJP and other parties’ leadership and educate the electorate about sincerity and dedication of Congress Party, which has long and vibrant track record. Rajni condemned the undemocratic attitude of the UT administration for being biased and creating bottlenecks in making this programme by Congress party successful in Reasi District’s Katra town. She said, it is matter of time because soon after the elections the scenario will change as the Congress will emerge as the sole party with majority, playing the significant role in the government formation.

Addressing meeting, she said that since BJP took over in 2014, the miseries of the people of Jammu and Kashmir have increased manifolds. She said that all the promises made to the people prior to the Assembly elections of 2014 remained unfulfilled. More than eight years have passed but they have failed to fulfill any of the promises, be it the problems faced by youth, be it the problems faced by the farmers, be it the problems of Refugees and Kashmiri Pandits, this government has done nothing to address those problems," she said.While attacking the Narendra Modi-led NDA government at the centre, she said that since the change of guard happened in New Delhi, the prices of essential commodities have increased manifold. She claimed that after mirror shown to BJP in DDC elections where it could win only 75 out of 280 seats, it is day dreaming and befooling people and BJP can never come to power in J&K again.

She asked the party cadre to be united and disseminate information among the masses with regard to directionless policies of the BJP government. She further said that unlike BJP Governemnt, the Congress has a checkered history of bringing in colossal development without demeaning the constitutional institutions, which is the norm today. She asked the cadre to convince the people that it is only the Congress party which can tackle unemployment, poverty and lies of BJP leadership on ground because the BJP government has been exposed badly on all issues and problems, as it has only one expertise and that is of being rhetoric.

Vikar Rasool Wani also welcomed Bhupinder Singh and his supporters in the Congress party and expressed confidence that his entry will strengthen the party at grassroots level.Wani asked the party cadre to gear up for the ensuing assembly polls as the contest is tough because the opposite sides are relying on lies and deception.Both the BJP-led governments had failed to address serious problems like poverty, inequality, price rise, and unemployment, which had made life miserable for the common man, the former Minister said. He said the hike on essentials items have pushed the people to the wall. Despite the failure of the Centre Govt to contain the price hike, Prime Minister is making false claims about the development of the Country, but the people of the country have realized that the Nation has suffered immensely on every count during more than eight years rule of BJP Govt. He lashed out at BJP for giving lies and deceit to people rather than fulfilling the promise Narinder Modi has made to people, as a result, there is a large-scale resentment among the people in the entire Country.

Instead of sorting out these serious problems, the Bharatiya Janata Party is out to destroy the social and communal fabric of the country and the state,” he said. He alleged that the BJP was raking up issues of nationality, patriotism, and raising a war cry to deflect public attention from real issues, on which the government had failed miserably. The BJP is misusing government machinery to hound out honest and dedicated officials and they were being threatened and even sent behind bars in many cases for not towing the BJP line,” Wani said. He further said that prices of essential commodities have increased and it has become difficult for not only the poor but also the middle class to afford these. The ever increasing inflation is taking a toll on the common masses of this country," he said.

Speaking on the occasion, JKPCC Working President Raman Bhalla took a swipe at the BJP government, asking whether the situation has become normal in J&K after their blunders claiming that life of J&K people will be revolutionized with their experiments even after the passage of nearly three years.He accused the government of indulging in self-congratulatory rhetoric over Jammu and Kashmir. He said that the UT Government has failed on all fronts in providing relief to the common people. “It has now become a trend to suppress and ignore Jammu and Kashmir, but as long as we are alive, we will never tolerate any type of discrimination with J&K”, he said.He also lambasted BJP Government in the Centre for rising prices of essential items.He condemned continued targeted killings of innocents, especially minorities in Kashmir, terming it as total failure of BJP Govt to handle the situation and demanded urgent and effective measures to stop innocent killings and ensure the safety of common man and minorities in Kashmir.

Speaking on the occasion, Bhalla reiterated party demand for the restoration of Statehood to Jammu and Kashmir with Constitutional safeguards for the protection of land and jobs for the locals of J&K.He sought early restoration of democracy in Jammu and Kashmir. He said that Congress shall reach out to coordinate its efforts with other like-minded forces, groups, NGOs etc to fight against the “politics of hate, division and diversion” of the BJP in-order to maintain atmosphere of peace and harmony in the society.

Bhupinder Singh while speaking on the occasion vowed to work for strengthening the party at ground level and assured that his entry will bring the desired changes at grass roots level with people coming to party fold leaving behind the parties which have given nothing to people except lip service.