Srinagar: The BJP released its election manifesto in Urdu for the ongoing District Development Council (DDC) polls in Kashmir on Sunday.
Former MLC Vibhod Gupta released the manifesto in presence of senior party leaders from the Valley such as Sofi Yosuf and Darakhshan Abdrabi.
In the manifesto, BJP stated that the party has unified the country by scrapping provisions of article 370 and 35A.
The manifesto claims that BJP has unified the country by abrogating provisions of Article 370 and Article 35A that provided special status to the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir.
It said that the People’s Alliance for Gupkar Declaration, an amalgam of several mainstream political parties, including NC and PDP was working against the national interest for vote bank politics.
In the manifesto, the BJP also claimed credit for reserving 100 percent of government jobs in the Union Territory for its residents only and framing a policy that will spur industrialization.
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The party in its manifesto said that after the bifurcation, Jammu and Kashmir has witnessed development and peace. The saffron party also claimed that stone-pelting and terrorism have been dealt with in a firm manner.
The party said it had launched a war against corruption and land grabbing in the Union Territory. It has said basic amenities like electricity, water supply and road networks in the Union Territory had been improved as well.
The BJP also claimed credit for doing away with SRO-202, a policy brought in by the PDP-BJP government in 2015 under which newly recruited government employees in Jammu and Kashmir were paid a paltry remuneration for seven years before being paid full salary.
The first round of polling in the eight-phase maiden DDC elections was held on Saturday. This is the first electoral exercise in Jammu and Kashmir since the abrogation of Article 370 last year.
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With PTI inputs
