JAMMU JULY 29- National Conference Provincial President Devender Singh Rana on Sunday asserted that Dogra pride was honour of the people of Jammu region and asked the BJP not to play politics on it.
“When in power, the BJP and its ministers never spoke about Dogra pride and once out they are crying hoarse in a vein bid of hoodwinking public opinion”, Rana said while addressing the workers of erstwhile Kissan Mazdoor Party, which under the leadership of Vijay Pandey had recently merged into National Conference in presence of Dr Farooq Abdullah.
Rana cautioned against marketing of Duggar pride for retrieving doomed electoral prospect of the rejected and discredited BJP, saying the people of Jammu region were sagacious enough to see through the grand conspiracy hatched in Delhi to exploit Dogra sentiments.
The Provincial President said the Dogra pride was close to every individual of the Jammu region, irrespective of caste and religion and they have never shirked in offering any sacrifice for upholding their culture and heritage.
“Those using the Dogra pride as a commodity to garner vote and support during elections were worse enemies of Dogriyat”, he said and warned that any attempt of tarnishing the rich Dogra image will be fought with full might. He said the pride of Dogras is so rich and strong that it does not need saviours like the BJP, which for retaining power can compromise with anything and everything.
Rana posed several direct questions to self-styled proponents of the Dogra cause as to what they had done for the Duggardesh during their various stints in the government. He said the 3-years of PDP-BJP rule will go in the annals of the history as most nightmarish misrule, which brought miseries to the State in general and the Jammu region in particular. He said the BJP is turning speechless when asked by the people to spell out one single achievement they registered for the benefit of the Jammu region.
“What could be the irony of the BJP than its national President Amit Shah publicly admitting in the historic Parade Chowk failure of the party run government in the State”, he said and referred to his apologies to the people of Jammu for failing them on every front, betraying them and compromising with their self-esteem.
During the convention Ghulam Hassan, Rohit (Adv), Raj Kumar, Daman Kumar, Ravi Kumar, Lalit Kumar, Nathu Ram, Kala Ram, Dalut Ram, Jagdish Raj and others joined the National Conference and were welcomed by Rana and other leaders, a spokesman of the party said.
