Daily Excelsior: Jammu: Sunday, December 02,
2018.
Union Minister of State in PMO with Independent
charge of North Eastern States, Dr Jitendra Singh while making a strong dig at
the forces opposed to bringing transparency in J&K Bank, said they have
something to hide as they do not want to get exposed after bringing the Bank
under the purview of RTI.
Talking to reporters on the sidelines of
a function here today the Union Minister said he didn’t see any merit in
opposing the transparency in J&K Bank and lauded the decision of State
Governor in declaring J&K Bank as a Public Sector Undertaking and bringing
it under purview of RTI Act.
“This decision will make the working of
Bank transparent and efficient and no one should feel offended with the
decision”, Dr Jitendra Singh said, adding instead every one should come forward
and not only appreciate the people friendly decision of Governor but render his
or her cooperation in total implementation of the decision.
He said J&K Bank was established by
Maharaja Hari Singh to provide benefit to the weakest of weak and downtrodden
people and there is a need of audit whom it has given benefit during last 50
years.
“The bank was formed to benefit the poor
and not a few families or the cooks working in their kitchens. Prime Minister
Narendra Modi is working to bring transparency in the country. If they (opposition)
are against transparency that means they have something to hide,” Dr Singh
said.
Maintaining that BJP respects the
decision of the Governor not only regarding J&K Bank but other public
welfare measures taken by him, the Union Minister expressed the hope that he
will take future decisions with the same grace also.
Outrightly rejecting that Narendra Modi
led Union Government had to do any thing with dissolution of State Assembly, Dr
Jitendra Singh said that BJP does not interfere in working of Constitutional
bodies. He accused the Congress of making baseless allegations in this regard
out of their guilt consciousness.
The Union Minister while ridiculing
Congress outbursts in this regard, said “they presume that BJP will also follow
same approach but our party has highest regard for Constitution and democracy
and we don’t indulge in such undemocratic practices”.
Dr Jitendra Singh said his party respects
Governor Satya Pal Malik’s decision of dissolving the Jammu and Kashmir
Assembly, as it believes in maintaining the sanctity of the country’s
Constitutional institutions.
“The decision of the Governor (to
dissolve the Assembly) is paramount for us. Keeping in mind the sanctity and
honour of the institution he heads, we will accept his decisions in the future
as well,” Singh said.
Terming the decision of State
Administrative Council (SAC) to repeal the Roshni Scheme as a decision in right
direction, Dr Jitendra Singh said those who have already taken the benefit and
given the proprietary rights of the land under the Act should also come under
scrutiny and probe.
About a Jammu University Professor
allegedly referring to freedom fighter Bhagat Singh as a “terrorist”, the Union
Minister said the agency concerned will take cognizance of it.
“But, a bottom line has to be drawn to
maintain the patriotic and nationalistic integrity in India”, he said.
The bottom line has to be commitment to
the integrity and supremacy of the nation and this is observed even in some of
the most developed democratic countries such as the United Kingdom and the USA.
“Those who go to these countries and
acquire the citizenship, they too do not utter a single world directly or
indirectly which would hurt the integrity of the country where they have
settled,” Dr Jitendra Singh said.
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