Former Minister and Senior Congress leader Raman Bhalla today hit out at both Centre and state governments claiming that price rise had broken the common man’s backbone while those in power were busy talking big.
There was a rise in the price of pulses, LPG and other commodities but both Governments has maintained silence on the issue. “PM is talking big but not concerned about the plight of the common man whose backbone has been broken due to price rise,” he alleged.
The soaring prices of essentials and other items have badly affected the common people in the State. The prices of vegetables and other food items have reached an unprecedented high, making impossible for the common people to prepare their monthly budget, he added.
He said that BJP was on one hand raising the slogan of “Beti Padhao, Beti Bachao” to reap political benefits, but on the other hand poor woman employees were lathi-charged by the Government. He said the BJP Government’s slogan of “Beti Padhao, Beti Bachao” was just to fool the common people.
People voted for BJP because it had promised that Jammu region will not be neglected. They were told that for the first time the chief minister of the state will be from Jammu region, but it is very disappointing that BJP bowed down to the PDP to come to power.
The party also took a U-turn on various other issues, which would cost them in future,” Bhalla maintained. BJP at the time of ironing out a Common Minimum Programme (CMP), compromised on various issues, probably to grab the chance to occupy the treasury benches for the first time in the history of Jammu and Kashmir.
Statements and systematic U-turns by the BJP from the promises it made in CMP are to cover the lost ground in Jammu region, where the party is facing heat from the common people and within its folds.
The BJP and PDP leaderships have different views on various others issues which is making it more difficult for the coalition partners to hid the rift within the government.
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