AMN / New Delhi
Continuing his attack on Narendra Modi government at centre, BJP leader and former Finance Minister Yashwant Sinha today hit out at the government on many fronts.
Targeting the centre ofn Kashmir issue he said that India has lost Kashmir Valley emotionally.
“I am looking at the alienation of the masses of people in Jammu and Kashmir. That is something which bothers me the most? We have lost the people emotionally? You just have to visit the valley to realise that they have lost faith in us,” Sinha said in an interview to Karan Thapar for the Wire.
Sinha is being criticised by BJP for an article he wrote in a leading English daily on the state of economy that left the party embarrassed.
Sinha termed as “exaggerated claims” the success of the various reforms and schemes undertaken by the government like the Mudra Bank
“I am looking at the alienation of the masses of people in Jammu and Kashmir. That is something which bothers me the most? We have lost the people emotionally? You just have to visit the valley to realise that they have lost faith in us,” Sinha said
Sinha leads a civil society organisation–Concerned Citizens Group (CCG)– which has visited the troubled Valley several times and interacted with various stakeholders to explore the possibility of finding a lasting solution to the seven-decades-old problem
The group comprises eminent people from different walks of life like Justice (retd) A P Shah, former Mumbai police commissioner J F Ribeira, Wajahat Habibullah, A S Dulat, Aruna Roy and Ramchandra Guha
Sinha claimed he has sought an appointment with Prime Minister Narendra Modi to discuss the issue 10 months ago and was “hurt” as it did not materialize.