BJP has betrayed the legacy of Dr Shyama Prasad Mukherjee: Harsh

NL Correspondent
Ramnagar, Mar 29
Referring to the dilution of its stand over abrogation of Art 370 by BJP, Harsh Dev Singh described it as an opportunist move and questioned the RSS as to whether it would still continue to give political support to the saffron party. He said that not only its changed stance over Art 370 but the BJP partnered govt in J&K had engaged five top lawyers of the country to defend Art 35A in the Supreme Court. He expressed dismay that BJP had so openly disowned the principles for which Dr. Mukherjee stood all his life and have jettisoned his ideology throwing all their solemn election time pledges of promoting his agenda to the winds after their ascendance to power in their desperation to keep their opportunist alliance with PDP intact. He was addressing huge public gatherings in Panj-Grain and Manial villages of Ramnagar constituency.
Rebuking the BJP leaders for betraying the legacy of Dr. Mukherjee, Harsh Dev Singh said that they have done the greatest dis-service to the legendary leader by drawing political capital out of his sacrifice and dis-regarding his slogans after their ascendance to power. He said that the BJP leaders used the name of Dr. Mukherjee and his ideology for garnering votes in the elections but once in power abandoned his ideology and principles in the most contemptuous manner.
Manju Singh, General Secretary NPP while making a particular mention of some of the other promises made by the BJP during Elections as part of its core philosophy, pointed out that it had made categorical statement for grant of state subjects to west Pak refugees with “right to vote in the Assembly and local bodies,” ‘right to immovable property', ‘right to higher and technical education' and ‘right to state govt. Jobs'.
Prominent among those who spoke on the occasion included Pawan Dev, Sunder Rani, Bishan Dass, Dhani Ram Attri, Vishab Dev, Ankesh, Bodh Raj, Mushtaq Ahmed besides others.