Not merely two, but all BJP Ministers must go: Harsh

Jammu, Apr 14:  Admonishing BJP for its cowardice and its greed of power, Mr. Harsh Dev Singh Chairman JKNPP and former Minister ridiculed the pusillanimity of saffron party in forcing its two Ministers to quit who had made public promise to transfer the Rasana murder case from J&K Police to CBI in conformity with the people’s wishes. He said that by its servile lame duck posturing, the BJP had once again proved that it could make any compromise to remain glued to power. He was addressing a press conference in Jammu today.

Reminding the BJP of its tall assurance of CBI probe in the aftermath of Asifa Bano case and statements made by its four official spokespersons in a joint press conference on 8^th April questioning credibility of the Crime Branch team, Mr. Singh said that people were amazed to see the saffron leaders changing colours like the chameleon. Mehbooba’s threat to part ways in case the BJP persisted with its CBI demand, worked so effectively that the saffron party lost no time in seeking resignations of its two Ministers, he rued. Not only that the ‘more loyal than the king’ Dy. CM invariably made a statement hailing the Crime Branch and expressing his satisfaction over the investigations and adding further that “those not satisfied with the probe could go wherever they like”. In his desperation to please his Master, the henpecked deputy of Mehbooba did not realize that dis-satisfaction with the probe arose largely from District Kathua which had given him and his party a massive unprecedented mandate.

Flaying the BJP leaders for their gross betrayals and successive surrenders over Jammu related issues, Mr. Singh said that not merely two but all BJP Ministers must resign as it alone could pacify the highly agitated public of this region. He said that the BJP’s earlier surrenders including those over the issues of amnesty to stone pelters, job policy and ex-gratia to NOKs of slain stone pelters, amnesty to political prisons, shelving of Sainik Colonies project and separate KP Township schemes in Kashmir, re-naming of Hari Parbhat as ‘Kohi-maran’, issue of Art 370 and 35A, biased approach of state recruitment agencies including PSC and SSB had sparked massive outrage in Jammu during the last 2-3 years with gheraos of Ministers and display of black flags in their meetings having become a routine feature. He said that growing public unrest was the cumulative effect of multiple surrenders of the BJP and symbolized peoples contempt and revulsion against saffron rulers.

Mehbooba Mufti has become all powerful in the state politics and is dictating terms to BJP Ministers as well, said Harsh. “It is her writ that runs. She looms large over the unholy BJP-PDP combine like a colossus. The BJP Ministers have no say at all. She makes them grovel. These Ministers are acting as mere heralds and postal messengers of Mehbooba. They can’t exceed their brief. They are duty bound to obey their master and act as per her dictations. Do such Ministers have a right to continue and represent the dogras who have scripted sages of valour and self less sacrifice? Said Harsh.

With Jammu having been pushed to terminal decline and its peoples’ self pride having been bartered away by these oppositionist leaders, the BJP had lost its right to govern for all time to come said Harsh seeking further the resignations of all BJP Ministers.

 Mr. Gagan Partap Singh State Secretary JKNPP and Mr. Parshotam Parihar State Secretary Panthers Trade Union were also present in the press conference.