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| Assembly pays rich tributes to late Mufti Sayeed | | | Asif Iqbal Naik
Early Times Report
Srinagar, May 26: The Jammu and Kashmir Assembly today resumed normal business with obituary references, paying rich tributes to departed leaders including former chief minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed, former ministers Choudhary Lal Mohammad Sabir, Mohammad Khalil Jawahar, Dr Romesh Chander Sharma and lawmakers Sehdev Singh and Mohammad Maqbool Mohjoo, all from J&K. The House also pays tributes to former Governor General K V Krishna Rao who was responsible for the 1996 elections that led to the return of Dr. Farooq Abdullah in power, besides two former Speakers of Lok Sabha Balram Jakhar and P A Sangma
Speaker Kavinder Gupta set the ball rolling by referring to contributions of the deceased lawmakers.
While paying rich tribute to the deceased lawmakers, veteran National Conference (NC) leader Mohammad Shafi Uri said that the former minister and once the right-hand man of Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah , former Chief Minister Mufti Sayeed was a "secular-democrat and moderate" who was not unfair to anybody.
Independent MLA from Langate who is also considered as anti India, pro Pak and pro separatist while speaking on obituary reference said that he was an "Indian" and added that being an Indian is not a Crime. He added that Mufti was more Indian by conviction than anyone else. He in his speech resented Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti skipping second day of 2016-17 budget session when House had assembled to pay tribute to deceased lawmakers including her father.
"Late Mufti was not only CM but father of the current CM who should have cancelled all her engagements and attended today's obituary reference," Rashid added.
In his tributes, MLA Bashir Ahmad Dar, who represents Kupwara constituency, credited late Mufti Mohammad Sayeed for "getting PC close to BJP and PDP". "There were differences," he said in his reference, "but when we met Mufti sahab, we understood each other and it was because of his vision that we came into the fold (national politics)."
As Dar was speaking and detailing how PC joined government, he was continuously ridiculed by Opposition lawmakers from NC and Congress. "Mufti wanted to bridge the gaps, get hearts closer and it will happen only when we meet, interact and understand each other," Dar added.
Congress MLA from Inderwal G M Saroori also paid rich tributes to all the deceased lawmakers. The house burst into laughter when Saroori referred Choudhary Lal Mohammad Sabir as Lal Singh.. He soon corrected himself and addressed the Forest Minister, "Aap ki Umar Bad Gaye" (Your life span increased). Saroori said that completion of Mughal Road and construction of Sangpora-Viloo tunnel are among the dream projects of Mufti Sayeed added that by completing these two projects along with other projects will be a real tribute to late Chief Minister.
PDP MLC Naeem Akther while paying tribute to Mufti said that the deceased Chief Minister wanted to pen down an Autobiography for which he (Mufti) saught suggestions from him and party MLA Altaf Bukhari added that before he (Mufti) brought many unhidden things about state and center politics to fore through this book, he left this world .
"Despite offering myself for the job, the busy schedule of Mufti didn't allow him to fulfil it. I am deeply saddened that one of Kashmir's sterling and exciting stories had remained untold," he said. He said that Mufti Sayeed justified his decision of alliance with BJP despite against the popular mandate added that he is hopeful that the decision of Late Mufti Sayeed will prove right like the one taken in 1969 by him.
"At a time when majority of people in Kashmir and Jammu voted for different parties, Mufti ensured that the aspirations of people from both regions are respected," he added.
Akhtar said that Sayeed made democracy "competitive" in the state. "Earlier we had no options but after Mufti Sayeed came to the scene, he presented before the people another option to express their faith with," said Akhtar.
MY Tarigami, Hakeem Muhammad Yaseen, BJP's Sat Pal Sharma, were others who speak on this obituary reference.
Upper house also paid the rich tribute to all the deceased lawmakers who passed away since the last assembly session concluded in Srinagar last year. |
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