SRINAGAR/JAMMU: Lok Sabha chief of Opposition (LoP) Rahul Gandhi renewed Congress’s promise Monday to “mount stress” on the Narendra Modi-led Union govt to revive J&Ok’s statehood.
Addressing rallies in Surankote of Jammu’s Poonch and Srinagar for candidates of Congress forward of second section of J&Ok meeting polls on Sept 25, Rahul laid out his plans to have the Aug 2019 annulment of statehood reversed.
“In the event that they (the Centre) fail to do it (restore statehood), we’ll get it executed,” Rahul stated in Surankote alongside ally and Nationwide Convention (NC) president Farooq Abdullah. The LoP didn’t clarify how such restoration can be potential with out the Centre’s nod.
Rahul sought to strike an emotional wire by referring to Modi govt’s 2019 resolution as an egregious transfer unseen within the annals of impartial India. “This was the primary time {that a} state was became a Union Territory within the nation’s historical past. Your democratic proper was snatched,” Rahul stated, searching for assist for Surankote Congress candidate Shahnawaz Choudhary as curtains fell on the marketing campaign for the second section of polls.
Surankote meeting section is amongst 26 seats that can vote on Sept 25 within the second of the three-stage elections for J&Ok meeting’s 90 seats. “We had been of the view that statehood ought to be restored first, adopted by elections, however they (Centre) didn’t do it. We’ll put stress on them and you’re going to get again your statehood after elections,” Rahul stated.
The LoP accused the BJP-led govt of “taking away” the rights of J&Ok folks. “Immediately, outsiders are making selections for you and your voice isn’t there. Your govt is run from Delhi, orders are coming from Delhi. We would like your govt to be run from J&Ok.”
The theme continued at Rahul’s Srinagar rally, the place he recalled that J&Ok MLAs as soon as made key native selections like these associated to schools and universities however these had been now within the palms of “outsiders” below a Centre-appointed lieutenant-governor.
“A very powerful problem is your statehood. We promise will probably be given again to you. Vote for our candidate and assist us deliver justice to J&Ok,” Rahul stated to cheers at Shalteng’s Zainakote on Srinagar’s outskirts. He additionally promised to be the “voice” of the area’s folks in Parliament.
Specializing in employment on the Srinagar rally held for Congress candidate Tariq Hameed Karra, Rahul cited Congress’s manifesto and stated the occasion would create one lakh jobs. Referring to a defunct HMT watch manufacturing facility, close to the rally , Rahul cited it as proof of BJP’s dismal document on jobs, saying many such models throughout the nation had shut down after the Modi govt took cost.
In a dig at Modi’s Mann ki Baat, Rahul claimed the PM made lengthy and “meaningless” speeches in his month-to-month radio present, with out addressing key points. “He solely talks about his Mann Ki baat and never Kaam ki baat. Kaam ki baat is to provide jobs and imaginative and prescient to the youth, scale back and restore statehood to J&Ok. Nobody is listening to your Mann ki Baat (anymore),” Rahul stated.
At each his rallies through the day, Rahul additionally took potshots at Modi’s “56-inch chest” chorus, saying it had vanished after BJP’s setbacks within the Lok Sabha polls this summer season. “The temper of the nation has modified,” the LoP stated.
On this, he emphasised the position of INDIA bloc allies like Congress and NC in countering BJP’s “divisive politics”. “They (BJP-RSS) play the politics of division wherever they go. They divided Gujjars and Paharis in Rajouri-Poonch belt however we won’t permit them to achieve their agenda and take everybody alongside,” Rahul stated in Surankote.
Addressing rallies in Surankote of Jammu’s Poonch and Srinagar for candidates of Congress forward of second section of J&Ok meeting polls on Sept 25, Rahul laid out his plans to have the Aug 2019 annulment of statehood reversed.
“In the event that they (the Centre) fail to do it (restore statehood), we’ll get it executed,” Rahul stated in Surankote alongside ally and Nationwide Convention (NC) president Farooq Abdullah. The LoP didn’t clarify how such restoration can be potential with out the Centre’s nod.
Rahul sought to strike an emotional wire by referring to Modi govt’s 2019 resolution as an egregious transfer unseen within the annals of impartial India. “This was the primary time {that a} state was became a Union Territory within the nation’s historical past. Your democratic proper was snatched,” Rahul stated, searching for assist for Surankote Congress candidate Shahnawaz Choudhary as curtains fell on the marketing campaign for the second section of polls.
Surankote meeting section is amongst 26 seats that can vote on Sept 25 within the second of the three-stage elections for J&Ok meeting’s 90 seats. “We had been of the view that statehood ought to be restored first, adopted by elections, however they (Centre) didn’t do it. We’ll put stress on them and you’re going to get again your statehood after elections,” Rahul stated.
The LoP accused the BJP-led govt of “taking away” the rights of J&Ok folks. “Immediately, outsiders are making selections for you and your voice isn’t there. Your govt is run from Delhi, orders are coming from Delhi. We would like your govt to be run from J&Ok.”
The theme continued at Rahul’s Srinagar rally, the place he recalled that J&Ok MLAs as soon as made key native selections like these associated to schools and universities however these had been now within the palms of “outsiders” below a Centre-appointed lieutenant-governor.
“A very powerful problem is your statehood. We promise will probably be given again to you. Vote for our candidate and assist us deliver justice to J&Ok,” Rahul stated to cheers at Shalteng’s Zainakote on Srinagar’s outskirts. He additionally promised to be the “voice” of the area’s folks in Parliament.
Specializing in employment on the Srinagar rally held for Congress candidate Tariq Hameed Karra, Rahul cited Congress’s manifesto and stated the occasion would create one lakh jobs. Referring to a defunct HMT watch manufacturing facility, close to the rally , Rahul cited it as proof of BJP’s dismal document on jobs, saying many such models throughout the nation had shut down after the Modi govt took cost.
In a dig at Modi’s Mann ki Baat, Rahul claimed the PM made lengthy and “meaningless” speeches in his month-to-month radio present, with out addressing key points. “He solely talks about his Mann Ki baat and never Kaam ki baat. Kaam ki baat is to provide jobs and imaginative and prescient to the youth, scale back and restore statehood to J&Ok. Nobody is listening to your Mann ki Baat (anymore),” Rahul stated.
At each his rallies through the day, Rahul additionally took potshots at Modi’s “56-inch chest” chorus, saying it had vanished after BJP’s setbacks within the Lok Sabha polls this summer season. “The temper of the nation has modified,” the LoP stated.
On this, he emphasised the position of INDIA bloc allies like Congress and NC in countering BJP’s “divisive politics”. “They (BJP-RSS) play the politics of division wherever they go. They divided Gujjars and Paharis in Rajouri-Poonch belt however we won’t permit them to achieve their agenda and take everybody alongside,” Rahul stated in Surankote.
