Hazaribagh, 24 August (HS). BJP's state president Babulal Marandi said that the Congress party is responsible for the damage done to the unity and integrity of this country. The Congress party can go to any extent for power. Today, the assembly elections have been announced in Jammu and Kashmir. The Congress party, which has repeatedly played with the unity and security of the country for power, has formed an alliance with the National Conference in the Jammu and Kashmir elections.
Babulal Marandi, while addressing a press conference at Gitanjali Banquet Hall in Hazaribagh on Saturday, said that in a democracy any party can form an alliance with any other party. No one opposes this, no one has any objection but the promise made by the National Conference through its manifesto for the elections is a matter related to the integrity and unity of the country. He said that therefore the question to the Congress Party, Rahul Gandhi and their allies is whether they support the promises made in the manifesto of the National Conference?
Marandi said that Congress has an alliance with National Conference and Congress is also in power in Jharkhand. Here Congress has a government with JMM. Therefore, along with Congress, JMM should also answer whether they support the promises made in the manifesto of National Conference or not?
Marandi said that do Congress and Rahul Gandhi support National Conference's promise of a separate flag in Jammu and Kashmir, JKNC's decision to push Jammu and Kashmir back into the era of unrest and terrorism by bringing back Article 370 and Article 35A, promoting separatism again by negotiating with Pakistan in exchange for Kashmiri youth, nurturing terrorism and its ecosystem from across the border again by National Conference's decision to start 'LOC trade' with Pakistan, bringing back the era of terrorism, terror and shutdown by reinstating the family members of those involved in terrorism and stone-pelting incidents in government jobs, throwing the economy of Jammu and Kashmir once again into the fire of corruption and handing it over to a handful of Pakistan-backed families?
Marandi said that does Congress want 'Shankaracharya Parvat' to be known as 'Takht-e-Suliman' and 'Hari Parvat' as 'Koh-e-Maran'? Does Congress support it? Does Congress party support JKNC's politics of discrimination between Jammu and the valley? Do Congress and Rahul Gandhi support JKNS's divisive thinking and policies of giving autonomy to Kashmir? This alliance has revealed the anti-reservation face of Congress party. Is Congress with National Conference's promise to end the reservation of Dalits, Gujjars, Bakarwals and Paharis and do injustice to them again? It should be told.
Marandi said that the country has been paying the price of Congress's anti-national and wrong policies for a long time, that is, even today we all have to pay it. The country got independence in 1947, after which Pakistan's army attacked Jammu Kashmir. After this, everyone knows about the situation of Jammu Kashmir. A part of Kashmir, which is called Pak Occupied Kashmir, has been kept by Pakistan. Article 370 was imposed on the rest which was also in India. Till 1953, the Chief Minister there was also called the Prime Minister and their flag was also different, that is, there were two heads and two symbols in the country. Even the law of India was not applicable here, there was a separate law here.
Marandi said that at that time the national president of Bharatiya Jana Sangh Shyama Prasad Mukherjee had opposed it. This is why he resigned from the cabinet and founded the Jana Sangh party. At that time a permit was required to go to Jammu Kashmir. Shyama Prasad Mukherjee opposed it and said that it is not right to take a permit to go to one's own country. He did not take the permit and demanded that two heads, two constitutions and two flags will not work in one country. With this call he went to Jammu Kashmir, he was arrested and mysteriously he died in jail.