BJP holds Jan Sammelans

BJP held two public Jan Sammelans in connection with its ongoing mass awareness campaign today.The BJP leader and Ex Corporator, Omi Khajuria organized the Jan Sammelan of Ward 65 at Anuradha Puram Barnai while another public meet was organized in Ward No. 21 of the Gandhi Nagar.

At Ward number 65 rally BJP National Executive member, Dr Nirmal Singh was the chief guest while Party chief Shamsher Singh Manhas presided the rally at Ward 21.

Addressing the Samelan at Anuradha Puram , Dr Singh accused the coalition government of adopting double standards on holding of Municipal Corporations and urban local bodies elections. He said there are many discrepancies in voter lists and demanded that Corporation voter lists of 2005 be made basis of holding municipal elections this time.

He demanded immediate holding of elections to municipal corporations in the state-, which are now over due. Dr Singh also accused the coalition government of its ineptness in handling the situation at Rajouri.

Among others, the rally was attended by former Mayor, JMC, Kavinder Gupta, Ex MLA Bali Bhagat, BJP Mahila Morcha senior leader, Mamta Singh, Kissan Morcha chief, Karan Singh, ex Corporators, Ashok Singh Manhas, Manohar Lal Bhagat and Neerja Khajuria, Narinder Singh Manhas Ward president and Balwinder Singh. A large number of BJP activists attended the Samlean.

Addressing the gathering at Gandhi Nagar Shamsher Singh Manhas said the problems of the people are getting complicated day by day and the government has no concern for the common man. While the Chief Minister devotes his energy and time in provoking the people by issuing misleading statements, his ministers are busy in making money by adopting all the means, he added.

Manhas reiterated BJP’s demand of abrogation of Article 370 and opposed special constitutional position to the state.

BJP National Executive Member & Chief Spokesperson Dr. Jitendra Singh said that Ward No. 21 is unique in the sense that it houses the population of all the sections of the society and all the religions and therefore a vote in favour of the BJP from this ward will send out a strong message of secularism.

BJP senior leader& Ex-MLA Ch. Piara Singh appealed for unity among all religions and castes and warned against false propaganda by certain elements. Ch. Vikram Rahdhawa said that the time has come when the people should end rule of loot unleashed by the local Congress MLA.

Suresh Jamwal, Rajesh Gupta, Vinay Gupta, Baldev Singh, S. Amrik Singh, Jaideep Sharma, Arun Khosla, Balwant Singh, Sat Pal Choudhary also addressed the gathering.

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BJP JKNPP stage walkout over police action in Rajouri

The Opposition BJP and JKNPP today staged a walkout in the Assembly protesting against the alleged police crackdown on protesters in Rajouri.

They also demanded release of those arrested in connection with the violence in the town.

Jugal Kishore of BJP drew the attention of the House towards the cane-charge and tear gas shelling by the police on 300-odd people belonging to minority community protesting the arrest of 17 members in Rajouri today.

He claimed that even women were not spared by policemen, who resorted to violent means to curb the protest.

Kishore and other BJP members sought a reply from the government on the issue.

JKNPP members Harshdev Singh and Balwant Singh Mankotia held the state government responsible for failing to control the situation in Rajouri. Later, both party leaders staged a walkout in the state Assembly.

Speaker Mohammad Akbar Lone said that the government has given an elaborate reply on the issue and said the situation has returned to normal in Rajouri.

However, the curfew was today reimposed in the border district after six cops among seven people were injured in stone-pelting and cane charge.

Police as a precautionary measure had imposed curfew in the town on March 8 after some unidentified persons pelted stones at a religious procession, prompting security personnel to lob tear gas shells to disperse them.
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Discrepancies in voter lists

On the eve of forthcoming Municipal Corporation and other local body elections, BJP has raised serious questions and objections to discrepancies, errors and possible manipulations in the voter lists and voter cards which, if not rectified, will turn these elections into a big farce.

Addressing a press conference at party headquarters here today, National Executive Member and J&K Chief Spokesperson Dr Jitendra Singh produced documentary evidence with papers and print-outs to show that in certain areas and wards, either the voter lists were not available and if available these were printed in such font or script that these were not legible. In cases where the voter lists were available and also legible, the information provided about name, age, parentage or residential address was either inadequate or erratic, he added.

Dr. Singh said that in the absence of proper voter lists and voter cards, the National Conference-Congress coalition Government is exposed to the charge of being dishonest in its decision to hold fair and free elections to local bodies and that the entire electoral exercise is being carried out with the ulterior motive of securing over 300 crore worth Central grant in the name of local bodies which would later be subject to embezzlements and misappropriations as has been happening in the past.

Referring to voter identification cards, Dr. Singh reminded the administration that it is not mere a voter card but as per the statutes of Indian Constitution, voter card is notified as one of the identity proofs for every citizen of India like other identity proofs such as passport, driving licence etc. Therefore, even partly incorrect information in voter card could land the citizen in trouble while undergoing a security check and could also be challenged in court of law.

Dr. Singh said that the BJP has right from the beginning already taken several other exceptions to the local body elections and demanded implementation of 74th Amendment of Constitution if the Government is sincerely committed to the genuine empowerment of local bodies. Not only this, the party has also pointed out discrimination in increasing the number of Wards of Srinagar Municipal Corporation to 75 but leaving the number of Wards in Jammu Municipal Corporation unchanged, he added.

Flanked by former Mayor Kavinder Gupta and BJP Jammu district president Rajesh Gupta, Dr. Jitendra Singh displayed fallacious voting lists to cameramen and said the people need to be made aware of the fraud being played on them.

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Politics of Economics

Inflation, it is said, is the bane of the common man today. Inflation is basically the incremental amount you need to pay to procure the same set of goods and services that you would have procured cheaper say a year, two years or even a decade earlier. Political parties, especially in the opposition too are experiencing inflation - albeit of a different kind. With the same formula and effort of the last decade, they find that their returns are diminishing; their space is shrinking. The driver of this new inflation is the Congress leadership team, which is silently changing the rules of the game.

Since India's economic liberalisation began in 1991 the social segment that has seen the greatest opportunity for growth is the lower middle class and the middle class. Their dynamic growth has meant that this segment has a continuously growing and changing list of aspirations. This class is the bhadralok that influences the opinion of many vocal sections of the society. V.P. Singh had cast his charm on them in the late 80s and the BJP in the 90s. The combine of Manmohan Singh and Sonia Gandhi has attempted to neutralise this phenomenon with a conscious effort to reconvert this nomadic tribe of voters to the Congress fold.

The 2009 election threw a decisive verdict in favour of the Congress led-UPA. The undercurrent was however to return to one of the old governing principles of Indian democracy - a strong Centre led by a strong centrist party. While our Constitution enshrines the Centre with greater powers, coalition politics in the last one and a half decades ensured that ruling parties at the Centre left many crucial portfolios and policy making roles to regional allies, who often did not rise above parochial interests.

The mandate for the BJP in 1998, 1999 was also essentially for a stronger Centre, but the party could not seize the opportunity. On the contrary the party went for a blind pursuit of allies, creating a government with a weak Centre and often surrendering crucial portfolios to its allies. A Congress party with only 145 seats in '04 ensured that the defence minister was from their party, while the BJP with 182 seats in '98 and '99 could not do so. The pursuit of power thus sometimes dilutes a focus on policy and governance that a strong Centre can give.

The Sonia-Manmohan combine has attempted to solve this dichotomy by uncoupling the process of creating a stable party and government and the process of creating a policy environment. Sonia and Rahul Gandhi focused exclusively on strengthening the party apparatus while the administration has been left to a policy-driven management which used the growing clout of the party to shape decisions. The BJP did the opposite; it used its growing power to attract allies that impacted its base and did not find means to increase its hold over policy-making.

An ability to enforce policy consensus while strengthening the party organisation is a combination that can prove lethal for any opposition. While the Congress does have a focus on Bharat Nirman, the fact is that in an economy where the share of agriculture is shrinking, the party has turned its attention to urban and semi-urban population of India. The two ministries that directly impact the growing urban and semi urban population are the Urban Development Ministry and the Human Resources Development Ministry. Both have made the right noises since the government came to power. Replacing old pipelines, providing new sleek buses, providing assistance for building flyovers, creating new universities and scrapping board examinations are some of those. The new year will see a whole host of measures such as the new tax code, converting the bill for Equal opportunities Commission into legislation and the possible passage of the judicial accountability bill. Several initiatives taken by the government such as the unique identity mission will have long-term impacts and help the ruling party strengthen its hold over the urban and rural poor alike. The Food Security bill is another example.

Politically the Bihar election is expected to help the Congress party consolidate its position as a kingmaker. The party came third in several seats in the recently concluded by polls in Bihar. Importantly, many backward class leaders of smaller parties like the LJP joined the party strengthening it further. This would enable the Congress party to cross into a respectable 20 to 30-seat tally from the current single digit score. With greater numbers on its side the Congress party could look to wean the JD (U) from the NDA and whittle the size of the NDA further. The Congress party is likely to work hard towards strengthening its position in the state of Tamil Nadu - the Youth Congress saw its enrolment drive lead to an all time high number of 13 lakh new enrolments. This is another state where the Congress will drive a tough bargain with an existing ally.

In the '90s, P.V. Narasimha Rao presided over a declining Congress and that offered ready space for a host of opposition parties. Now, they will have to battle hard for that very space. Inflation! 

Dr Mookerjee 111th birth anniversary

BJP remembers Dr Mookerjee on his

111th birth anniversary

The 111th birth anniversary of founder of Bharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS) Dr Shyama Prasad Mookerjee was celebrated with much fan-fare and enthusiasm by the activists of BJP here today. In this connection the district BJP led by its president Rajesh Gupta organized a function at Bal Niketan in the premises of Ved Mandir Ambphalla where the stationery items, sweets and uniforms were distributed among children of Bal Niketan.

While speaking on the occasion BJP state president Shamsher Singh Manhas said Dr Mookerjee was an institution in himself who dedicated his entire life for the total integration of J&K State with Indian Union and he also laid down his life for this cause.

He said it was Dr Mookerjee who abolished the permit system in the State.

He urged the Party activists to follow the footsteps of late leader and defeat the designs of those elements which are inimical to the national cause in the State.

BJP state general secretary Sat Sharma (CA) said Dr Mookerjee was a symbol of nationalism who was respected by people belonging to all communities. With his dedication to the national cause and spirit of self sacrifice which he displayed Dr Mookerjee became a role model for coming generations, he added.

Others who paid tributes to Dr Mookerjee included Rajesh Gupta district BJP chief, Ved Mandir Management Committee chairman, Amar Chand Gupta, Shiv Kumar Gupta, Bansi Lal Bharti, Lalit Moza, Balbir Ram, Vikram Randhwa, Jaideep Sharma, Munish Sharma, Aseem Gupta, Rajinder Sharma, Karan Singh, Sanjay Baru, Ashwani Sharma and Raj Rani Jamwal.

Another function was held by BJP’s Senior Citizens Cell led by Kuldeep Raj Gupta at Rajouri. While paying homage to Dr Mookerjee, Mr Gupta said it was due to his supreme sacrifices that the permit system was abolished in the State. With his supreme sacrifices the hopes of separatist forces in J&K were dashed to ground, he added.

Shiv Sena condemns Drama by MLAs

Shiv Sena, Bal Thackrey J and K activists under the leadership of Block President Bhalwal Raj Kumar and other officials including Piyar Singh, Vikram Sharma, Dhanatar Singh Guddu and Roshan Lal Sharma took out a protest and eight hours Dharna in front of residential gate of BJP MLA Bharat Bhushan at Simaliyala Domana on Saturday. The activists of Shiv Sena raised slogan ‘Panch Krore Khane Wala MLA Haye Haye’ and ‘Dogron Key Sentiments Ko Panchar Karnay Wala MLA Haye Haye’.

While addressing the gathering Piyar Singh, Raj Kumar and Vikram Sharma strongly condemned the drama of forwarding resignation of 11 MLAs to high command and said if the high command is sincere towards the sentiments of people of Jammu from where the founder member of Jana Sangh Pt. Prem Nath Dogra was born, they must send the resignations to the Speaker of J and K Legislative Assembly. But the resignation was handed over to Incharge J and K Affairs O.P Kohli and National General Secretary J.P Nadda indicates a high voltage drama enacted by 11 MLAs when Ashok Khajuria, the Chief, had issued a whip to the party legislators to vote for the party candidate in the election then how these seven MLAs acted apparently for money considerations they alleged. The high command must send a letter to the speaker of J and K Legislative Assembly under anti defection law for cancellation of the membership of the MLAs of BJP they demanded.

President Ashok Gupta strongly condemned the statement of CM Omar Abdullah wherein he said that “we will resign, if charges of bribery to MLAs are proven”.

Gupta further added that getting seven more votes to NC candidate, proves the sell out of seven BJP MLAs and big corruption going on between NC and BJP. He added that aspiration, commitments and suffering of Jammu people was sold out in the open market by seven MLAs of BJP.

So called champions of Jammu should be booked under law as these seven MLAs have corroded the confidence of people of Jammu who voted them to power, said Ashok and added that Shiv Sena will expose political corruption and horse trading of ‘Aaya Ram Gaya Ram’ who have murdered the sentiments of Jammu people.

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BJP today said he would ask Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, a thorough investigation into the assassination of Ahmad Shah Showkat Moulvi order, the conspiracy behind the assassination in a suspended IED explosion last Friday.

Former BJP president Rajnath Singh accompanied by former Minister of Information and Broadcasting, Ravi Shankar Prasad, and former Civil Aviation Minister Syed Shahnawaz Hussain and other members of the BJP delegation visited the Shah family in Lal Bazar here.

This is the first time that senior BJP leaders have visited the family of a slain separatist leader.

"I assure you that not only the issue with Secretary of the Interior (P Chidambaram) but with Prime Minister (Manmohan Singh) for a thorough and exhaustive investigation into the incident to the (Shah) killing place," Singh told the family of the murdered priest.

"It was a good man and good intentions can not be doubted. For he was a man," Singh said if the BJP leaders visit of the Shah family in the lawsuit.

The BJP leader said, everyone around the country, including his party, has condemned the murder of the priest, as he had dedicated his life to public service.

"No contribution to health and education to forget. He wanted peace in Kashmir and India (the rest)," said Singh.

Singh said the BJP delegation had arrived with a message of peace and stands ready to satisfy those who want peace in the valley. "Kashmir, the crown of India and we want to do is, it seems. We seek the cooperation of all who want peace here," he said.

In the past the BJP delegation paid homage at the shrine of Hazratbal on the banks of Dal Lake. They also visited the Gurudwara in Chattipadshahi Rainawari in the area of the city, where many Sikhs had gathered on the occasion of Baisakhi.

Before concluding his four-day visit in the state, the Working Group, some delegations met with both parties to discuss the situation on the ground. The delegations included in the study group called Pahari Cultural Forum, All India Muslim Democratic Federation, civil society group of Uri and a group of women.
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