JAMMU: JKPCC working president Raman Bhalla has called for the defeat of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the 2024 Lok Sabha polls, accusing the ruling party of stifling the voice of the aggrieved people of J&K. Addressing election rally at Chatha Pind in Jammu South RS Pura constituency, Bhalla said our Constitution gives sovereignty to the people of India, which is implemented through our representatives. Government is answerable to Parliament and MPs are answerable to the people. This is the summary of our democracy,” he said. Bhalla said that while the BJP Government is talking about ‘Amrit Kaal’, the ‘Amrit’ or nectar has fallen in the wrong hands as it happened in the story of ‘Amrit Manthan’ in the Vishnu Purana. “They are talking about Amrit Kaal, remember how amrit was found. Vishnu Purana says ‘Amrit’ came out of the churning of the ocean, but it first fell in the wrong hands. Today the ‘Amrit’ is in the wrong hands, we have to get it back and that is our pledge,” he said. He called for making a “BJP-free India”. “BJP is trying to murder democracy; they want a democracy-free India. We will appeal to people to make a BJP-free India,” he said. They want Parliament to be opposition free, the roads to be protest free, and want to leave no scope for disagreement. They are trying to end democracy and bring in a permanent autocracy,” he said. “This is the second freedom struggle. At that time we had Mahatma Gandhi, Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, Chaudhary Charan Singh, today we don’t have them, so every citizen of India will have to come together,” he said. Bhalla expressed confidence that this year, a Prime Minister of the INDIA bloc will unfurl the tricolour at the Red Fort. He said the people of Jammu and Kashmir should not be forgotten, who are without a democratically elected Government for almost 10 years now. In the Parliamentary elections, we should see to it that the BJP is defeated and thrown out of power and secular, democratic parties win the elections and there should be a change of Government,” Congress leader said. Prominent among those present on the occasion include JKPCC general secretary Amrit Bali, secretary Pawan Bhagat, ex- Sarpanch Ravinder Singh Deera, ex- Panch Dalbir Kour, Sunil Kumar, Sudesh Kumar, Raj Kumar and others.
