Jammu,May 2 – J&K State Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Ashok Khajuria today alleged that Congress led UPA government at the Centre and the previous Congress led coalition government in the state ditched Ladakh region.
Talking to media persons here at party headquarter, Ashok Khajuria while welcoming the decision of Ladakh Union Territory Front (LUTF) for extending its support to National Democratic Alliance (NDA) in coming Lok Sabha election said that BJP had always alleged that neither Centre nor State Governments were serious about Jammu and Ladakh and always ignored them to concentrate on the development of Kashmir valley.
Substantiating his accusations, Khajuria said, "Be it share of jobs in Civil Secretariat, admissions in professional colleges, allocation of funds etc this UPA government at the centre and successive governments in Jammu and Kashmir did not bother to ensure equal treatment towards Jammu and Ladakh". Further, he said that the decision of
Maintaining that six year of BJP led NDA Govt at the Centre was the golden period for Jammu and Kashmir, Khajuria said that during NDA rule at the centre, Jammu, Kashmir and Ladakh were treated equally in all matters and at all levels. As far as Ladakh region was concerned, it received special attention and economic boost in terms of sanctioning of central schemes like power projects, national highway, boosting domestic tourism and various other developmental projects.
Terming UPA as sinking ship, the state president said "UPA stands nowhere as its constituents have been parting ways and UPA now is confined to dynastic Gandhi family only"
Expressing confidence of returning BJP led NDA at the centre and L K Advani as next Prime Minister of India, Khajuria assured that there will be no discrimination and all the three regions of the state –Jammu, Kashmir and Ladakh will be treated equal
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