Government Neglect Pushed Far-Flung, Backward Areas Into Stone Age: Ajeet Bhagat

KISHTWAR// August  25, 2023 : National Conference Sr. leader Chenab Valley Zone Ajeet Bhagat castigated the Jammu and Kashmir government for its phlegmatic attitude towards backward and far flung areas which this dispensation has pushed into Stone Age as people are facing dearth of amenities as never before.

Bhagat said that people in the far off belts are protesting on a daily basis seeking basic facilities like power, potable water and other civic infra but the government is busy in rhetoric and misleading about changing the course of life of people through development, which in actual is nowhere on ground. “This shows that there is much difference between words and deeds of the government as far as development is concerned because not only backward blocks but the entire J&K is facing development dearth as indifference of concerned quarters galore in the region”, 

 Bhagat said, adding that government authorities are in deep slumber while the people are confronting issues and difficulties with regard to health, civic infra, power and water shortage. And the performance of government on ground level is abysmal with people facing the brunt of development deficit.

He said that the BJP which relies on divisive politics during elections will face stiff reaction in the J&K as its ploy to divide society on ethnic and religious basis won’t work here. He said that both Scheduled Caste, Gujjars and Bakerwals are close to the NC and so do the Paharis, and therefore attempt to divide people on different lines to take political mileage will boomerang for the BJP as on ground electorate knows the truth of this divisive party which is masquerading to be the Messiah of the masses.

Bhagat said that the development works in the far flung areas have been stalled due to fund diversion and mismanagement. “Works initiated during NC’s regime are yet to be completed and the Niabats and other Administrative units sanctioned under the NC regime are in shambles because the present regime showed indifference of the highest level. Shortage of Specialist doctors in Kishtwar, Doda and Ramban Districts of Chenab Valley Zone medical college has put the lives of people at stake”, he said adding that BJP is desperately attempting to vitiate the atmosphere by spreading canards and provoking people by whipping up communal passions just for having an edge during the polls.

  The senior NC leader cautioned the people about dangerous designs of divisive parties active in J&K as these could go to any extent just to satiate their vested interests. 

He emphasized on strengthening the slogan of Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah about Hindu, Muslim and Sikh Itihaad. “NC believed in communal harmony, brotherhood and camaraderie, which is the true spirit of Jammu and Kashmir’s pluralistic ethos”, he maintained.