Jammu, Jan 28: Senior BJP leader Devender Singh Rana Friday decried the alleged “attempts of a few politicians of Kashmir to vitiate the atmosphere and trying to divide the people.” He said they will not be allowed to succeed in their “machinations.”
“Some politicians from Kashmir frequently visit Jammu and try to create a wedge between various segments of the society,” Rana said, while addressing a congregation at Barn in Tehsil Bhalwal of the Jammu district, organized by Baba Chanchal Singh.
Accordint to a party statement, Rana said that such politicians who come to Jammu from the valley and try to divide people here, will not succeed in destroying this pluralistic region in the way they destroyed Kashmir.
“The people of Jammu live in peace and will continue to live in communal harmony and brotherhood,” he added.
Rana said coexistence is Jammu’s DNA and those trying to pollute it know well that the people of this region, irrespective of caste and religion, cannot be dissuaded from their chosen path by any incitement or provocation.
The divisive leaders are making highly inflammatory statements during their picnic to this region and leave with sowing the seeds of hatred.
“There is no danger or threat to any religious or ethnic group in Jammu,” Rana declared while recalling the BJP’s solemn pledge about ‘SabkaSaath, SabkaVikas, SabkaVishwas’, saying if there is any danger to anyone, it is those myopic political leaders who sustain on division in the society.
By creating fear psychosis, these leaders are actually harming the interest of the people they pretend to be the Messiahs of, he added.
Batting strongly for an elected government in Jammu and Kashmir, DevenderRana said that bureaucratic governance cannot be a replacement to a political government.
“Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha is a veteran politician. He has been MP six times and also been minister. He has a lot of experience in governance. The administration is being run in a good way,” he said.
“The bureaucracy in Jammu and Kashmir is efficient. They are hardworking people. We are proud of the bureaucracy and police in Jammu and Kashmir,” Rana said.
Stressing the need for an elected government, Rana said people have easy reach to elected representatives and elected representatives also have a responsibility towards the people.
"We have to carve out a better Jammu for inclusive Jammu and Kashmir, which will eventually make our great nation strong and vibrant,” he said.
“History will judge us by our actions and not just by assertions,” Rana said.