Says, All Previous Regimes in 60 Years Looted Central Funds
SRINAGAR: Training his guns at all the major regional parties of Jammu and Kashmir including Congress, for ruining the state from past 60 years, Bharatiya Janata party (BJP) Chief Amit Shah Thursday asked Omar Abdullah to come clean on what happened to Rs 17 hundred crore sent by the Centre to the Jammu and Kashmir government for flood victims.
Addressing his maiden political rally at the flood-hit Jawahar Nagar here, Shah said he has been to Srinagar many times in the past but is addressing a political rally for the first time and I feel really delighted.
I want to tell you that all the regional parties including National Conference (NC) and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) are corrupt and are involved in bungling of central funds for last 60 years. New Delhi has been giving Rs 8000 to 10000 crore to Jammu and Kashmir meant for the development every year but it never reached to the common man and went only in the pockets of state politicians. The Prime minister during the floods sent 1700 crore for the flood hit victims but it also did not reache to the flood victims. Omar Abdullah should come clean on what happened to this amount, he said.
Kashmir witnessed deadly deluge that left behind huge trail of death and destruction. Kashmir has not witnessed such floods in past 100 years. Prime Minister Modi released Rs 1700 Crore for relief and rehabilitation of flood-hit people. I want to ask Omar Abdullah what happened and where has he kept this amount, Shah said. I asked people in Shopian have they received something, they replied in no. Same is case with Srinagar, he said.
Shah said year 2014 would be written with golden words in the history of India. 2014 polls in India was not a common election. Entire India chooses a government that would take the country to the new heights of development, Shah said.
He said similarly, I believe 2014 elections in JK would go in history with golden words as people here are all set to see BJP government in place.
He said Government of India intends to send more and more relief to JK. But the question is when earlier relief hasnt reached to people, what will happen to the new relief amount. This is why I am here today. You have to decide now. BJP wont allow anybody to gobble or swindle Central funds as our only mission is development, Shah said.
According to KNS correspondent he also challenged Congress and both PDP and National conference to prove what they have done to the Jammu and Kashmir from last 60 years. I challenge them to prove what they did for this state from the last 60 years except from corruption and loot. It is unfortunate that in the 21st century people here are suffering because of the lack of basic facilities like power, water, roads, he said.
Without naming anybody Amit Shah said that the politicians here preferred to visit foreign countries when they were most needed in the state. See your state politicians prefer to visit London every month and even in the times when people needed them most, he said and added that the BJP has a plan to make Kashmir more attractive than the foreign countries.
Claiming that NC, PDP and Congress have failed in Jammu and Kashmir, Shah said that the people have decided to elect BJP government this time. These parties have looted Jammu and Kashmir and have done nothing to the common people. But now people have decided to reject them and elect BJP this time, Shah claimed.
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