Jammu, Oct 13 Highlighting the Union territory’s transformation since the abrogation of Article 370, the Jammu and Kashmir BJP on Tuesday claimed terror incidents had declined by 83 per cent and organised stone-pelting had been eliminated.
The saffron party passed a resolution in this regard, asserting that the Narendra Modi government has brought significant improvements in connectivity, healthcare, security and employment opportunities since the move.
J&K BJP general secretary Sanjita Dogra, while holding a press conference with other party unit general secretaries Baldev Singh Billawaria and Gopal Mahajan and media in-charge Dr Pardeep Mahotra, also said that the local youth recruitment into terrorism has declined by 96 per cent.
On the unauthorised immigrants issue, Billawaria referred to the identification of 7,656 Rohingya and 504 Bangladeshi nationals allegedly residing illegally in Jammu and Kashmir. He said 150 Bangladeshi nationals had initially been deported and 117 criminal cases registered against networks allegedly involved in providing fraudulent documents, including 101 in Jammu and 16 in Kashmir.
Billawaria said a unanimous resolution adopted at the party’s State Executive Meeting under the presidentship of J&K BJP chief and Rajya Sabha MP Sat Sharma would be taken to every resident of the Union Territory.
Billawaria said the abrogation on August 5, 2019, fulfilled the vision of Maharaja Hari Singh, the Praja Parishad movement led by Pt Prem Nath Dogra and the sacrifice of Dr Syama Prasad Mookerjee.
The resolution highlighted the 90-member Assembly, with 43 seats in Jammu and 47 in Kashmir, including nine seats reserved for Scheduled Tribes, six in Jammu and three in Kashmir, he said. It also cited transparent recruitment and equitable development across all 20 districts.
Highlighting infrastructure and institutional development, he said IIT Jammu, IIM Jammu, IIMC Jammu, AIIMS Vijaypur, progress on AIIMS Awantipora and seven new government medical colleges were established in Kathua, Rajouri, Doda, Baramulla, Anantnag, Udhampur and Handwara.
He also referred to the Syama Prasad Mookerjee Tunnel, Banihal-Qazigund Tunnel, Z-Morh and Zojila tunnels, more than 20,000 km of roads constructed under the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY), Rs 4,224 crore sanctioned under PMGSY-IV, the Delhi-Amritsar-Katra Expressway and the Chenab Rail Bridge.
On welfare initiatives, Billawaria said that 88.26 lakh Ayushman cards, tap-water connections to 15.66 lakh rural households, free ration for 98.52 lakh beneficiaries, over 3.23 lakh rural and 35,961 urban houses, and 46,133 rooftop solar installations were completed during the period.
He said Mission YUVA had recorded 1.59 lakh youth registrations and 1. 04 lakh applications, with Rs 1,826 crore disbursed across 32,665 bank accounts, supporting more than 13,597 active youth-led enterprises.
Dogra said the resolution also highlighted the restoration of rights to Valmikis, West Pakistan refugees and Gorkhas, nearly 30,000 elected grassroots representatives, provisions for women, Kashmiri migrants and displaced persons from Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir, and 33 per cent reservation for women.
(PTI News)
