Jammu, 1 March (H.S.): Working president of JKPCC and former Dy Chief Minister Tara Chand today said that all political parties have make promises with the people during elections but after coming to power they have not taken any step towards fulfilling their promises and the general public is facing great hardships.
He said that BJP had promised restoration of Statehood with Constitutional Rights of job and land to people of Jammu and Kashmir but now delay tactics are being adopted in granting Statehood which is a big betrayal of BJP with the people of J&K for which the BJP leadership in J&K and at the National level should answer. He demanded ownership rights to local people who are cultivating their land since long.
Tara Chand also raised burning issues of general public and demanded salvation of people’s problems by the Govt, especially unemployed youth. He demanded regularization of all daily wagers, need based workers, besides those working in temporary, adhoc, consolidated and contractual basis for several years on meagre wages/salaries , besides taking care of the genuine demands of employees, pensioners, farmers, common people, traders, transporters and all other sections of the society, who are facing multiple taxes in the prevailing unprecedented price hike and record unemployment.
He said that near about one lakh posts in various departments of the Govt are lying vacant and the unemployment rate in Jammu and Kashmir is rising day by day. The Govt should fill up these vacancies through time bound recruitment drive with preference to locals. He said that several youth got over aged due to mismanagement in the recruitment drive by the negligence of Govt for the last 10 years, they should be given one time age relaxation in the recruitment drive.
Former Dy Chief Minister demanded enhancement of old age pension, widow pension, handicapped pension, as the prices of all commodities of life have been increased and the people who are depend on pension are facing lot of hardships in their day to day life.
He further demanded that 11 Kg ration per head should be provided to the people as they used to get 10 years ago. There should be no water tax in both urban and rural areas, besides 200 units free electricity be provided to those who consume 200 units or less electricity per month.
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Hindusthan Samachar / Krishan Kumar
