KATHUA November 1 (KNS): Senior Congress Party leader and Ex-MLC Thakur Balbir Singh on Sunday organised a huge public meeting in Billawar in memory of Former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi and remember her contribution to the nation while condemning BJP and Union Govt for anti-Jammu policies.

According to statement issued to KNS reads, a public meeting was organised in Billawar in which over 300 people participated under the leadership of Thakur Balbir Singh and they offered floral tributes to Former Prime Minister of India Indira Gandhi.

To honour the iron lady of the country, the Congress leaders assembled and remembered her contribution to the nation and wished that present India needs a Prime Minister like Indira Gandhi.

“It was Indira Gandhi who kept India strong and united. Society had brotherhood, mutual respect for each other which finally contributed to the growth of the country,” said Th Balbir Singh and pointed out the failure of BJP Govt in J&K.

He termed new land laws as threat to Dogra land in Jammu and rich heritage of the people of Jammu.

In contrast, he said, the BJP Govt has made the nation weak and J&K a sacrificial goat to hide their failures by conducting experiments in the erstwhile Dora state into a Union Territory.

The people are aware about the policies and hollow slogans of the BJP leaders who had promised a bright future but ended up with the narrow and dark side of their failed policies in J&K, he said.

Th Balbir Singh said that the Jammu Division remained the main sufferer in all this political mayhem starting with installation of toll plazas, no employment scope, Kandi areas without water and electricity, financial instability, insecurity among educated youth, and new land laws.

“We were assured that the rights of locals will be protected. The Jai Chands in BJP have sold J&K especially Dogras who voted them to power with PDP in the erstwhile state of J&K. The downgrading of a royal state into a UT was like an unjust decision and it should be reviewed,” he said.

Balbir Singh said that “The people are worried about their future, safety and security of their land and property in present day J&K under BJP rule. Such insecurity had never come in the minds of J&K who lived in security guaranteed by Maharaja Hari Singh.”

The Maharaja and his soldiers had made this state with the sacrifices of the Dogras. J&K’s division and its downgrading into two UT have left people in shock, he said.

Balbir Singh said that “The developmental works have stopped. The development in rural as well as urban areas has stopped. No one is listening to the people. Administration has become unapproachable for the common people especially rural.”

He appealed that the Govt should conduct assembly elections in J&K because of detachment among the people with the administration and bureaucracy.

He said that the Congress Party stands for the restoration of statehood, protection of land and jobs for locals.(KNS)