Jammu, Aug 17th :
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday mounted a massive street protest against the National Conference-led government in Jammu and Kashmir, accusing the administration of reneging on its electoral commitments and failing to deliver on key governance and development fronts.
Hundreds of BJP workers, led by J&K BJP president Sat Sharma, took out marches from Dogra Chowk, Maheshpura and Panjtirthi towards the Civil Secretariat. BJP MP Jugal Kishore Sharma and Leader of Opposition Sunil Sharma also joined the demonstration, with protesters raising slogans against the NC-Congress alliance and burning effigies of the government.
The BJP accused the Omar Abdullah-led dispensation of administrative inertia, alleged corruption and failure to tackle unemployment, inadequate civic amenities, erratic power supply and drinking-water problems.
Senior BJP leaders demanded accountability from the government and called for Chief Minister Omar Abdullah’s resignation, alleging that the administration had failed to live up to the expectations of the electorate.
Sat Sharma alleged that the government was attempting to divert public attention from its failures by repeatedly invoking the restoration of statehood. He warned that the BJP would intensify its agitation at district, town and grassroots levels if the alleged failures remained unaddressed.
The protest witnessed heavy deployment of police and paramilitary personnel around the march routes and the Civil Secretariat as the BJP stepped up its confrontation with the ruling dispensation.CNS