Early Times Report
Jammu, Dec 9: Former Chief Minister and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) patron Mufti Mohammad Sayeed Sunday said Jammu and Kashmir was poised for a genuine democratic contest for the first time in its history in which the people would have clear options to choose from on the basis of performance.
Addressing a rally in Bari Brahmanan here in Vijaypur assembly segment he said the emergence of PDP as a credible regional force had ended monopolistic politics and introduced a much needed corrective into the democratic system of Jammu and Kashmir.
Mufti said democracy in the state had suffered in the past for a variety of reasons but one major deficiency was the absence of a credible alternative to the National Conference (NC) in Kashmir and generally adversarial national parties in most parts of Jammu.
He alleged the billions of rupees spent on education and health in government sector has been wasted either as a result of corruption or inefficiency. "The state government is sitting of mountains of central resources without being able to spend it purposefully except where the vested interest sees a chance to make personal fortunes," he said.
Mufti said while corruption was a major problem at the national level, "in J&K it had the patronage of people in high places and the vigilance apparatus had been completely disabled. He said government employees would be able to discharge their duties sincerely only under an effective and visionary political direction."
Rangil Singh, Trilok Singh Bajwa, Thakur Balbir Singh, Choudhary Zulfikar, MLA Darhal, Ved Mahajan, Shanti Devi, Choudhary Hussain Ali Wafa, Falail Singh, Rashid Malik, Surjeet Kour, Suresh Sharma, Capt Anil Gour, Bharat Choudhary, Sunita Devi, Yashpal Sharma from Ramgarh, Pawan Dev Singh, Ashok Jogi, Imtiyaz Banday, Majid Shapu, Chatter Saini, Digvijay Singh, Bacchan Lal, Vijay Kumar Baba, Gurparshad, Satpal Charak, Goutam Singh, Puneet Jamwal, Noor Hussain, Haji Alam, Rahim, Rattan Lal and Kalyan Singh also spoke on the occasion. |
