Last Cabinet Expansion

Why Minority Community of J & K Ignored again? 

RAMAN SHARMA

The people belonging to minority community of Jammu and Kashmir State once again been disappointed by the Congress Party, United Progressive Alliance Chairperson  Sonia Gandhi and Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh where they  have ignored the sentiments of the minorities communities of the state of Jammu and Kashmir and did not include any member of the minority community of the state in recently expanded union council of ministers, though there were two competent candidates and  elected Lok Sabha Members from the state namely Choudhary Lal Singh and Madan Lal Sharma both two times member parliament (both from Jammu region).

Now all doors are closed for the Jammu leaders as Prime Minister has made it clear that it was last cabinet expansion of the present government and now there is hardly any chance for the inclusion of these stalwarts.

 The people of the state especially of Jammu region were expecting the inclusion of their leaders in the Union Cabinet or at least in the council but for the reasons best known to the Congress party and its leadership, State's minority community is denied any representation in the union government.  At present there are two ministers from state of Jammu and Kashmir in the Central government and both belong to majority community. The ministers are Union Cabinet Minister for New and Renewable Energy Dr. Farooq Abdullah (NC) who is  Lok Sabha MP from Srinagar and Ghulam Nabi Azad, Union Cabinet Minister for Health and Family Welfare who is a Rajya Sabha MP.

It is obviously very disappointing for the minorities of the state of Jammu and Kashmir that their directly elected members who had successfully contested the election are denied any opportunity; it is pertinent to mention here that parliamentary constituencies of Madan Lal and Choudhary Lal Singh collectively consist of 37 Assembly Segments.

In 2014 assembly election in the state Congress Party shall have to repent for ignoring these two leaders. Jammu-Poonch Lok Sabha Constituency represented by Madan Lal Sharma holds as many as 20 Assembly segments like Samba, Vijaypur, Nagrota, Gandhinagar, Jammu East, Jammu West, Bishnah, R S Pura, Suchetgarh, Marh, Raipur Domana, Akhnoor, Chhamb, Nowshehra, Darhal, Rajouri, Kalakot, Surankote, Mendhar and Poonch-Haveli whereas Udhampur-Kathua Lok Sabha Constituency represented by Choudhary Lal Singh hold as many as  17 assembly segments including Bani, Banihal, Basohli, Bhadarwah , Billawar, Chenani , Doda, Gool-Arnas, Gulabgarh, Hiranagar, Inderwal, Kathua, Kishtwar, Ramban , Ramnagar, Reasi and Udhampur. The Congress leadership is absolutely misguided by its advisors but in the coming days it has to pay the price for its failure to give due right to the minority community of the state as the party always orchestrate so loud for providing equal rights to every community. If Congress party fails to give any proper justification then obviously the party would face a tough time and then even these two MPs who fought so hard during the crucial times for the party would also not be able to convince the people. The writer has no relationship with any political group or individual and the views are solely his own and he does not support or oppose any party or person.   About Raman Sharma, he is an RTI Volunteer and can be reached [a] jkrtiact@gmail.com, M: 9796811012