Srinagar, August 9 (Vijay Kumar) – Former union home minister and BJP Legislature Party Leader Prof. Chaman Lal Gupta said that the controversy over the setting up of Central university is the handiwork of some leaders of Kashmir who have always given preferential treatment to certain pockets of Valley and taken Jammu and Ladakh for granted.
“All 11 BJP MLA are committed for the cause of Jammu and will not allow the NC-Congress coalition to tinker with the original decision of establishment of Central University in Jammu”. This was announced by the BJP Legislature Party Leader Prof. Chaman Lal Gupta after chairing a meeting of the party legislators at Srinagar today. The meeting was held to chalk out further course of action to be adopted by the MLAs in the current session of the j&k state assembly over the issue.
He said the most unfortunate is the role of Congress Ministers and MLAs, who are more worried for sanctioning of a Central University for Kashmir rather than asking the government to establish the already sanctioned University in Jammu.The role of the Congress had always been a dubious one.
On one hand, they had been promising equal share to Jammu but on the contrary, they have been playing second fiddle to communally infected leaders of Kashmir. In this regard, Prof. Gupta recalled that the role of the Congress has been the real cause of problems in Jammu and Kashmir right from the time of the accession of this state to Indian Union.Even in 1952-53, agitation of the Praja Parishad, these leaders of the Congress played their dirty role and supported the controversial moves for separate Constitution, separate Flag and separate Head of the State when they elected Sadar-e-Riyasat instead of having Governor like other parts of the country.
Their double role had always been there at time of any struggle. Even during the last year’s mass agitation over the Amarnath land row, he added. He maintained that the people should remain at guards to defeat the double role of the so-called Jammu Congress leaders and support the programmes of Central university Andolan Samiti (CUAS) to achieve their objective.
BJP State President Ashok Khajuria, who is also MLA from Jammu East, while addressing his colleagues, said that the people have expressed faith in them and returned to the State Assembly. The people of Jammu elected us as they consider BJP and its leaders have concern for their cause and it is our duty to see that Jammu is not discriminated any more in any field. He said while we are raising the issue of Central University inside the assembly, our leaders and party activists are standing with the Central University Andolan Samiti. We have extended our full support to the CUAS and urge the people not to get misled by the propaganda unleashed by certain Congress leaders. He said the people of Jammu must think as to who is responsible for the controversy ? Who is playing behind the scene to deprive Jammu of its right?.He said the real strength lies in unity and the people must get together to oppose any such decision which is against the interests of the Jammuites.
BJP MLAs Jugal Kishore Sharma, Ch. Sukhnandan,Baldev Raj Sharma, Shyam Choudhary, Prof. Gharu Ram, Durga Dass, Jagdish Raj Sapolia and Bharat Bhushan were present in the meeting.