Cong to abolish Agniveer scheme; hold regular recruitment: Raj Babbar
Udhampur, Apr 13: AICC senior leader and party's star campaigner Raj Babbar Saturday hit out at the BJP-led NDA government for, what he alleged, “spoiling the future of youth and dashing their dreams to join armed forces by launching Agniveer scheme.” He assured that Congress would abolish the scheme and restore regular recruitments.
Addressing a public rally at Udhampur, Babbar lashed out at the “anti youth, anti-poor, anti-farmers policies of Modi government.”
Former union minister and AICC in-charge J&K Affairs Bharatsinh Solanki; JKPCC president Vikar Rasool Wani; INC candidate Chowdhary Lal Singh, alliance leaders including former minister Harshdev Singh; ex minister Dr Manohar Lal Sharma; AICC coordinators senior vice president Ravinder Sharma and Naresh Gupta, Kanta Andotra, Indu Pawar besides several other senior leaders of Congress, NC and other parties were present there.
The AICC leader asked the people to bring about change to bring back good days as people were “fed up with the policies and programmes of BJP and economic policies.” He said that Congress would bring about change for the betterment of youth, farmers, women and workers as guaranteed in the Congress Nyay Pattar.
He lauded the leadership of Chowdhary Lal Singh, who, he claimed, was “a crusader against injustice and would fight for the rights of the poor and downtrodden.” Babbar alleged that BJP did injustice with the people of Jammu and Kashmir in every sphere and it was the time to bring about change through ballot.
Solanki accused the BJP government of befooling the people “in the name of Gujrat model.” He claimed, “I know more than anybody else about the same as I hail from that state (Gujarat).”
“People of Jammu and Kashmir have been deprived of their status, rights and dignity. The youth are facing the worst kind of unemployment. The people, who have been exploited, want to teach a lesson to BJP,” he claimed.
“Prime Minister and other top leaders of BJP are rushing one after the other to campaign as they know that people have made up their mind to bring about change for a better future of J&K,” he claimed.
JKPCC president Vikar Rasool Wani hit out at the BJP and Modi government for, what he alleged, “destroying democratic system in Jammu and Kashmir.”
Chowdhary Lal Singh assured people to “fight for the rights and dignity of people of Jammu & Kashmir, who, he alleged, “were deprived of their identity, status, dignity and rights to land, jobs, resources.”
He thanked people for their wholehearted support. He also thanked the alliance partners viz., leaders of National Conference; Harshdev Singh and others for their full support and said I.N.D.I.Alliance would form the government at the Centre.
Former minister Harshdev Singh lambasted the BJP for crushing the democratic rights of people of J&K in ten years. “The authoritarian way of working, misuse of power and their economic policies have forced people to decide to teach them a lesson this time and Chowdhary Lal Singh will win by a huge margin,” he added.
