02-Feb-2024 11:22 PM
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Jammu, Feb 2 (Reporter) Former Union Minister Bhakta Charan Dass on Friday said that the people of Jammu and Kashmir are fed up with Bharatiya Janata Party and demanded assembly elections without any delay.
"People of Jammu and Kashmir are fed up with BJP for depriving them of democracy and not holding of elections and downgrading of state," Dass told reporters on the sidelines of AICC screening committee meeting here.
He said, "It is injustice to the people of J&K and BJP government should announce holding of assembly election without any delay."
He said that the youth of J&K have suffered a lot on various front and are without jobs and said, "seat sharing talks is the domain of another high livel committee of the party who is engaged on its job and screening committee will submit it's report to CEC for further action and finalisation of candidates on seats to be contested by the party."
Meanwhile AICC Screening committee for J&K headed by Dass along with Neeraj Dangi Member Parliament Rajya Sabha interacted with senior leaders regarding feedback about the seat sharing and probable candidates for Lok Sabha.
AICC Incharge J&K Affairs Bharat Sinha Solanki along with AICC co- incharge Manoj Yadav also joined committee in the deliberations in which PCC President Vikar Rasool Wani, Working President Raman Bhalla, Former Dy CM Tara Chand, Ex - PCC President Peerzada Mohd Sayeed and other prominent leaders were present.
The committee held day long interactions with senior leadership of the party especially members of the Pradesh Election Committee (PEC) about the party prospects on each Lok Sabha seat and probable candidates for the Lok Sabha seats in J&K as well issues facing people.
They held close door meeting with the party leaders including holding separate interaction with individual leaders to take feed back and assessments on each seat aa well as probable candidates.
Bhakat Charan Dass told the party leaders that the party has decided to democratically select party candidates after taking feed back from the ground. Anyone can send them their views till the screening committee sends recommendations to the CEC (Central Election Committee) of the party in next few days.
He also told that their job iis a technical one in the sense the committee shall assess the situation of the party and prospects of candidates but the seat sharing shall be discussed with like minded parties of INDI Alliance by the high powered group of the party, assigned the task.
AICC Incharge Bharat Sinh Solanki said that the party has already geared up for the elections and there is need to further intensify the activities to expose BJP 's failures on various fronts.
The leaders sought the views of each participant in the meeting about various issues faced by the people and strategy to contest the election's.
JKPCC President Vikar Rasool Wani earlier welcomed the visiting AICC leaders and briefed the meeting about the challenges before the party and the ground situation.
He said that people are against the BJP's policy and performance over Jammu and Kashmir especially denial of democratic rights to the people by not holding assembly elections for over five and half years, downgrading of historical state and failure to restore it besides depriving them of land and jobs to people apart from record unemployment and unprecedented price rise...////...