Press Release
Manish Sisodia’s arrest has been done with a sense of revenge
Jammu, 8 March. Senior Aam Aadmi Party leader and vice president of Jammu province Amit Kapoor accused the BJP of playing hide and seek on property tax and other important issues faced by the people.
Strongly opposing the imposition of property tax on the people of Jammu and Kashmir, the AAP leader launched a scathing attack on the BJP.
He said that the government is imposing property tax on the people at a time when they are facing economic crisis and are facing political frustration in the absence of an elected government. Along with this, he said that the arrest of senior AAP leader Manish Sisodia has been done with a sense of revenge so that the anger of the opponents can be treated.
Addressing a press conference in Jammu, AAP’s Jammu province vice-president Amit Kapoor said the same thing. He said that on almost all the major issues of the people including property tax issue, bulldozer scheme, killings of minorities, rehabilitation and salary issues of Kashmiri Pandits and reserved category employees of Jammu, the UT administration is playing a game of hide and seek at the behest of the BJP. Has been Apart from this, the government is doing the same on the issue of various sections of striking employees, temporary employees and unemployed youth etc.
He said that the BJP is trying to mislead the public on all important issues just to fool the general public and maintain its influence among the people. He said the reality is that the BJP-led central government is running the affairs of the UT through the LG administration and all important decisions are either taken in Delhi or in consultation with the central government.
Amit Kapoor said that whether it is the killing of innocents, especially the minorities, Kashmiri Pandits, Jammu employees and others, and resolving the issues of their resettlement in a safe environment, strengthening the security arrangements in the vulnerable areas of the minorities,
Apart from this, BJP is running a proxy government on the issues of eviction of poor and common people and running bulldozers, daily wage laborers of various categories of temporary employees and others, and is also trying to play the double role of the opposition. He said that but the reality is that the central government is directly controlling JKUT.
He said that all sections of people were being crushed under heavy taxes and arbitrary orders and directions.
He said that this has generated huge public anger against the government and in view of this public anger, the government should withdraw the anti-people decisions immediately.
Attacking the BJP government for the arrest of senior AAP leader Manish Sisodia, he said that BJP is doing this to suppress the voice of the opponents. He said that Aam Aadmi Party will continue to raise issues of public interest and your leaders will not come under any kind of pressure due to such tactics of BJP.
