Former minister and senior Congress leader Raman Bhalla has strongly advocated earliest Assembly elections in the State to address burning issues of general public as under President’s Rule people from all three regions of the State are facing extreme hardships in getting their issues redressed. In a public interaction organized at Nai Basti in Gandhi Nagar constituency, Bhalla said that Congress will bring peace and normalcy in Kashmir if voted to power. He said that Congress has not left Jammu cause whether in power or out of power. “We have not left the Jammu cause even when we were out of power at the Centre as well as in the State. We are ready and if we are voted to power, this time over, the Congress party will bring the atmosphere in Kashmir to normalcy and will sort out all the issues faced by the commoners”, he said. Bhalla said that Congress won’t let BJP to succeed in divisive politics. “BJP is dividing people on communal, cultural lines. The more there is division in the State, more it is going to benefit the BJP, but the people of J&K are politically mature enough and they won’t let the BJP succeed in what it is designs”, he said. PCC leader accused the Centre and the State Governments of creating “uncertainty” over Assembly polls. There is a lot of confusion over the issue of conduct of these elections. Both the Centre and the State Governments have created the confusion. There is no clarity on part of both of them. “The stand of the State Government on the issue seems to be fluctuating with every passing hour,” he said. Bhalla said the party is minutely watching the situation and wants the Centre and the State Governments to clear their stand on whether to conduct these polls or not. “They have themselves created an uncertainty here. We want them to clear the confusion and come out with their stand on whether to conduct the polls or not.” Prominent among those present on the occasion include Block president Yudhvir Singh, Kishore Kumar Singh, Pardeep Bhalla, Vipan Sharma, Narinder Gupta, Rajesh Bakshi, Romesh Bhagat and others
