Congress Chief Announces 4 Guarantees For J&K 

• Rs 5 lakh interest free loan for women
• Rs 25 lakh insurance cover for every citizen
•  Due representation of OBCs 
•  Rehabilitation of Kashmiri Pandits

Srinagar- Stating that BJP was feeling the heat of Congress-National Conference pre-poll alliance in J&K, Indian National Congress president Malikarjun Kharge Wednesday announced four guarantees for the people of J&K—Rs 5 lakh interest free loan for women, Rs 25 lakh insurance cover for every citizen, due representation of OBCs and rehabilitation of Kashmiri Pandits.

Addressing a press conference in Srinagar, Kharge, who was flanked by J&K Pradesh Congress Committee (J&KPCC) chief Tariq Hameed Karra, said: “Let me tell you that BJP has started to feel the heat of National Conference-Congress alliance in J&K. Now BJP is supporting independent candidates to defeat Congress- NC joint candidates.”

Kharge said that BJP tried its best to break the INDIA block but failed. “The party is applying the same tactics in Kashmir by trying to divide the vote bank by supporting independent candidates. The BJP will see how Congress-NC will emerge victorious in the upcoming polls,” he said.

Announcing the four-guarantees, Kharge said if NC-Congress comes to power in J&, women will get interest free loan under Self Help Groups upto Rs 5 lakh, plus every woman will get Rs 3000 financial assistance. “Plus, every citizen will get Rs 25 lakh insurance cover for quality treatment in super speciality hospitals like we had done in Rajasthan. Also, OBCs will be given due representation and rehabilitation policy for Kashmiri Pandits will be implemented,” Kharge said.

Taking a jibe at PM Modi, Kharge said that BJP government was on crutches. “Chanderbabu Naidu and Nitish Kumar can withdraw support any time. BJP’s claims of ab ki baar 400 paar have fallen flat. The party couldn’t even cross 240,” Kharge said.

He said BJP doesn’t have the same confidence as it had previously. “It was due to the stiff opposition in the parliament, Waqf bill was referred to Joint Selection Committee (JSC),” he said. Earlier, in the day, addressing a gathering at Anantnag, Kharge had claimed that NC-Congress would restore the Statehood of J&K and also the Upper and Lower house of the J&K legislature

The congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Wednesday suggested that BJP leaders would have been in jail had the opposition INDIA bloc won 20 more seats in the recent Lok Sabha elections, as he mounted a frontal attack on the Centre over various issues.

The BJP hit back at Kharge, alleging that his remarks were a clear example of Congress’ “Emergency mindset”.

“They (BJP) used to say 400 paar, 400 paar. Where is your 400 paar gone? They could get only 240 seats. Had we won 20 more seats, they would have been in jail. They deserve to be in jail,” Kharge told an election rally in Anantnag without naming anyone.

“Abki baar 400 paar(beyond 400),” was BJP’s Lok Sabha poll slogan. While the BJP bagged 240 seats, the INDIA bloc, which included the Congress, notched 234 seats.

Kharge stood by his comments when he was asked about it at a news conference in Srinagar.

BJP spokesperson Shehzad Poonawalla took to X to counter Kharge.

“This is a clear example of Congress’ ‘Emergency’ mindset…Indira Gandhi had imposed Emergency and put opposition leaders in jail. The Congress wants to continue with that legacy,” he said in his Hindi post.

The Emergency imposed by Prime Minister Indira Gandhi was in force for 21 months from June 25, 1975.

At his news conference in Srinagar, Kharge said the BJP should stop making efforts to break alliances and political parties opposed to it as they have a minority government at the Centre which depends on the TDP and JD-U for survival.

“The Congress and National Conference are contesting the (Jammu and Kashmir) elections together, which has made the BJP nervous. Now they are trying to break the alliance.”

They (BJP) are even fielding private players and supporting them indirectly as independents in an attempt to defeat Congress-NC candidates, he said.

“Now stop doing it, BJP. Your government is not 400+, it is 200+. It is a minority government. (Chandrababu) Naidu (TDP) can pull your feet anytime; Nitish Kumar (JD-U) can pull out anytime. You have given one hand to someone and one foot to someone else…you should tread carefully,” Kharge added.

The Congress president appealed to people of Jammu and Kashmir to elect a strong government with a landslide majority that will solve their problems.

“If you elect a government on the balance (with thin majority), the BJP will bring down the government overnight through horse-trading. It happened in my state, Karnataka. They bought 16 persons (MLAs). In Maharashtra, they split Shiv Sena and NCP to form the government. This (BJP government) is a ‘thod phod sarkar’,” he added.

Launched a scathing attack on the Centre, Kharge alleged that Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah were making false promises.

“They have promised to give five lakh jobs. There are one lakh vacancies in government in Jammu and Kashmir. Why were these not filled?” he asked.

The Congress chief claimed while unemployment and prices were on the rise, the BJP was giving away resources including minerals to its chosen people which have made local people poorer.

Kharge also hit out at Modi for, what he termed, misuse of foreign visits to malign the Congress party and Rahul Gandhi.

“Modi talks against India across the world with just one aim to demean Congress and image of Rahul Gandhi. In 60 years of Congress rule, we have never named and shamed India anywhere.”

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