Terming the ten years of Modi government as an era of real development and welfare of citizens of the country, Jugal Kishore Sharma, BJP candidate for Jammu-Reasi parliamentary constituency, said that the nepotism and corruption had been the hallmark of the periods when Congress was in power at the centre and in the states.
He was addressing series of public meetings during his road show in Gajansoo, Phalain Mandal, Galwadey, Gaitla, Lalyal, Kanachak, Kalyanpur, Jhiri, Shamechak, Jaswan, Hirechak, Halqa, Marh, Nagbani, Parwah, Patyali Chak, Sanrampur, Patnyal, Akalpur, Sarora, Bhadrore, Gho-Manhasa, Sohanjna, Phallian, falling under Marh assembly constituency.
Jugal was accompanied by former minister, Sukhnandan Kumar, BJP Secretary Vikas Choudhary, Jammu North district president Omi Khajuria, senior leader Kuldeep Magotra.
Later, in the evening, Jugal was joined by parliamentary constituency Co-Incharge Pt. Suresh Sharma, District President and former MLA Rajeev Sharma, when he had road show of Akhnoor city. Jugal Kishore Sharma said that BJP formed government for the first time under Prime Minister, Atal Bihari Vajpayee and then under Narendra Modi and the tenures of both have been highly appreciable as the people of the country had real taste of development and welfare of masses and there was no space for dynastic rule and corruption. On the other hand the Congress had governments under Nehru-Gandhi parivar and the nation witnessed scams, corruption, murder of democracy through imposition of emergency, appeasement, and total misgovernance.
Sharing few examples of pro-people and development-centric initiatives of BJP government under PM Modi, Jugal said that more than 80 crore citizens in the country are receiving free ration every month, over 34 crore are covered under free health insurance, 4 crore farmers are protected with Fasal Bima, for the first time in the history of India, the Economically Weaker Sections have been granted 10 per cent reservation in jobs, 28 kilometer National Highways and 14.5 kilometer of railway lines are being constructed every day. The list of good works of Modi government is too long and the Congress stands nowhere in comparison with BJP.
Jugal Kishore Sharma said that the people of Jammu and Kashmir has, for the first time after the independence, seen what development means and that there can be varied schemes for different sections of the society. He said that J&K has received mega projects of road, rail, air connectivity, power projects, prestigious institutions of health and education, besides witnessing return of peace and normalcy and inducing a sense of safety and security among the people who had been living in uncertainty and insecurity from the days of the outburst of proxy war in 90s. Jugal said that the BJP has served the people of Jammu and Kashmir during the last ten years with commitment and would continue to put best efforts in making this erstwhile state as ‘development model’ while working on the line of sabka saath, sabka vikas, sabka vishwas aur sabka paryaas.
Sukhnandan Kumar, while speaking to the people during the road show, said that there is great enthusiasm among the border people, the farmers and they want to further strengthen the BJP by voting in favour of the party candidate and contribute in victory with huge margin.