jammu, Feb 26
Expressing concern over constant ignorance of public issues, the Apni Party Provincial President, Jammu and Former Minister, S. Manjit Singh has criticized the authorities for poor infrastructure in hospitals and educational institutions of Jammu and Kashmir.
The Former Minister was addressing a meeting here at ward number 21 in Shastri Nagar of Bahu Constituency in District Jammu.
The meeting was organized by Vice President of the Party’s Women Wing, and Incharge Bahu Constituency, Neelam Gupta.
In his speech, S. Manjit Singh said that the bureaucratic administration has failed to take initiative to provide better infrastructure in Jammu and Kashmir’s institutions that deal with the public.
“The condition of health and educational institutions has not improved, but continuous complaints come regarding shortage of staff, equipment, and specialized doctors,” said Manjit Singh, while seeking attention of the Govt towards the important institutions.
He also said that the condition of roads, and basic amenities within the municipal limits of Jammu has also not improved even as the Smart City Project has been implemented and accordingly, certain city centers were developed with streetlights, wall paintings, hanging gardens, and renovating the streets of Jammu’s Gandhi Nagar and other areas of public attention.
However, the basic motive of improving the amenities in all the areas equally has not been achieved under the Smart City Project in Jammu’s municipal limits. Hence, the project has been grounded before it takes off, he added. He said that the city roads are jam packed with no parking slots and the businessmen suffer because of unplanned development by the Jammu Municipal Corporation.
He however assured that if the Apni Party will form the next Govt, it would work as per the expectation of the people, and Jammu would get its due share in infrastructural development.
Meanwhile, he highlighted the policy and agenda of the Party that would be implemented in Jammu and Kashmir for its equitable development in all the regions.
He said that the Party is committed to enhance the old age pension up to Rs 5000, four cooking gas cylinders to each poor family per year under Ujjawala scheme, enhancement of cash assistance to poor girls for their marriage up to Rs 1 lakhs, besides, the Party is committed protect the land, jobs, and resources for the local population. He said that unemployment has become one of the major issues of the educated youth who have overaged while waiting for their recruitment in Govt jobs in Jammu and Kashmir. However, the Govt has failed to advertise all the vacant posts and hold fair selection process in all the Govt departments, he added, expressing anguish over the failure of the authorities to hold recruitment process in a regular manner.
He demanded that the issues have increased for the last several years, and therefore, it has become important to hold assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir jointly with the parliamentary elections so that the people get an elected Govt of their choice.
Prominent among those who were present and spoke on the occasion include SC Wing President J&K, Bodh Raj Bhagat, ST Wing J&K President, Saleem Alam, Secretary, Sheetal Sharma, Provincial Secretary, Shikha Bhardwaj, Senior District Vice President, Jammu Urban, Vaibhav Mattoo, Minority Wing District President, Dalbir Singh, District General Secretary, Deepak Bradu, Youth Wing’s District President, Shivam Choudhary, Advocate Chetan Parabaker, and others.
