Srinagar: BJP president Amit Shah on Thursday launched a scathing attack on the ruling National Conference (NC)-Congress government in Jammu and Kashmir as well as on the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) alleging that the funds being sent by the Centre were not reaching the people of the state. However, he too, like Prime Minister Narendra Modi, skipped the Article 370 issue.
"Each year hundreds of crores of rupees are released by the central government, but not a single penny has reached the deserving. The people in power instead filled their own coffers,'' Shah said.
Without naming any party, Shah said the people have given chance to all parties to run the governments in the state since Independence, but they have failed to carry out development as there were no hospitals, doctors, proper electricity and water supply.
Asking people not to vote for the NC or PDP in order to teach them a lesson, he said, "Now give BJP a chance for all-round development of the state which has lacked in all fields while other states of the country have marched ahead."
"The BJP in the 2014 Lok Sabha elections got an absolute majority, now it is your turn to give a similar mandate to the party in the state for overall development," he said.
Hitting out at Omar Abdullah, Shah said his government failed to help the people of the valley during and after the devastating floods in September.
Shah alleged that successive governments in the state indulged in loot of money which was sent by the Centre for development of the people. "During the September floods, people of the state, particularly Kashmir valley, suffered heavy losses. The Centre sent Rs 1700 crore which has not reached the flood victims, he alleged, and said the people informed him that they were not paid anything by the government so far.
Alleging that the state has lost the race of development due to inefficient and corruption governments, Shah said the other states in the country have made progress in every field.
"People in J&K are not getting 24-hour power and water, many areas have no roads while those where road existed these are damaged," he said, adding there are hospitals but no doctors and medicine, there are schools without buildings and teachers even after more than 60 years of Independence.
Shah said once voted to power in the state, the BJP government will provide better roads, schools, hospitals, 24-hour electricity and more tourist inflow to the Valley. "Give Kamal (lotus) a chance to blossom in your heart as politicians of other parties have played with your sentiments since independence," the BJP president said, and appealed to the people to strengthen the hands of Prime Minister Modi.
Shah also upped the ante on Congress and blamed it for backwardness in the state. "Congress shared power with PDP and NC in the state during the past 12 years, but during all this time they failed the people of the state. They are now spreading fear among the voters of the Kashmir valley about BJP," he said.
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