Srinagar: Bharatiya Janata Party is confident of forming the next “double-engine” government in Jammu and Kashmir, as no other party could fulfill its political commitments without the backing of the BJP-led central government, Dr Nirmal Singh, Chairman of the BJP Campaign Committee said on Monday.
In order to build a “new Jammu and Kashmir”, the former deputy chief minister of the BJ-PDP coalition, called on the youth to turn out for Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s rally at SK Stadium in Srinagar on Thursday.
“Although the involvement of regional political parties in the democratic process is commendable, their outdated agenda, which resulted in the deaths of 50,000 innocent people in J&K, is untenable. No political party could fulfill its political commitments in the UT without the backing of the centre, and we are confident that BJP will form the next double-engine government in J&K,” Singh said at a news conference ahead of the PM’s rally in Srinagar on Sep 19.
Prime Minister Modi, according to the BJP leader, desires to interact directly with the youth of J&K and encourage them to seize this opportunity to usher in a new phase of development in the Union territory.
“BJP will pull a surprise in the elections. The sheer number of people who turned out to support the BJP’s candidates in south Kashmir during their campaign rallies took me by surprise,” Singh added.
PM Modi, Singh claimed, was committed to bring about “positive changes” in the lives of the people of Jammu and Kashmir via youth and women welfare schemes, employment packages and development of the region and that the “BJP manifesto will act as a magic wand” in this direction.
“In order to ensure that talented youth in J&K are hired on the basis of their ability and hard work, the recruitment process in the region would be made more transparent. No one, including the children of ministers, lawmakers, or bureaucrats, will be allowed to circumvent the process,” assured the BJP leader.
Previous regimes including that of the PDP, NC and Congress, he alleged, had been exploiting the innocent people of J&K by pursuing an “outdated agenda” that led to about 40 years of violence in the region and the deaths of 50,000 innocent people, he said.
“Yet regrettably, they were unable to take use of the area’s natural riches. During the previous 76 years, only 3600 megawatts of power could be produced in our state, despite its capacity to generate 20,000 megawatts. Even though Kashmir has a lot of tourism attractions, none of them have been used to force economic shifts,” Singh added.
When questioned whether the BJP was ‘unsure’ about its victory in Kashmir given that the party has fielded only 20 candidates for the polls, he said, ask the same question to other parties which have fielded even less or no candidates in Jammu belt.
