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| 4th anniversary of NC-Cong coalition govt turns out to be a non event | | Nothing To Boast | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, Jan 6: January 5 should have been celebrated by the NC-Congress coalition with great pomp and show because the coalition completed four years in office, but it, unlike other governments across the country, did not do so. For the coalition, it was a non-event. Since the coalition had nothing to cheer and boast, it thought it better to ignore the fact that it was on this date four years ago it formed government in the state. Even Chief Minister Omar Abdullah yesterday virtually admitted while speaking at a function organized by Rural Devel-opment Department at Tourist Reception Centre (TRC) Ground, Srinagar, to highlight its achievements during the past four years. "Omar Abdullah doesn't want to write his report card himself. My intentions are clear. When we will come to you again in 2014, you have to judge us on the basis of our performance and accordingly cast your votes," he reportedly said addressing the audience.
The Chief Minister, who is also the working president of National Conference (NC), not only justified the decision of his government not to write a report card indicating its achievements, but he also candidly admitted that his government failed to deliver on vital fronts. He admitted that his government utterly failed to provide jobs
to the unemployed youth, improve the power situation in the state and curb corruption.
"There are some shortcomings on part of the government. First is the electricity problem. We have no electricity in 21st century…People ask us why government isn't able to provide them electricity. Even students question us that they prepare for exams under candle lights," he said. "Another major challenge before the government was to provide jobs to the unemployed youth. There are 80,000 posts vacant in various government departments. We have now roped in a special consultant who will suggest how to fill all these posts within a few months," the
Chief Minister also said practically suggesting that there was none in his government capable of filling these positions. It is dumb-founding that the state government requires "a special consultant", who should advise it how to fill the vacant or the newly-created posts. "Another deficiency of the government was corruption. We don't have 2G and 3G scandals here. But the fact remains that people pay bribe for small matters like passports and driving licenses. Now that we have Public Services Guarantee Act in vogue, we hope corruption would stop to a
great extent," he, in addition, said while reflecting on the failures of his government. Helpless as he was, the Chief Minister only expressed the hope that the level of corruption in the state may come down. It would not be out of place to mention here that Jammu & Kashmir is, according to the Transparency Internal India, the second
most corrupt state in the country. It is a different story that there are many people in the state who do not appreciate this finding; they claim that "Jammu & Kashmir is the most corrupt state in the country".
Anyway, the fact is that the NC-Congress coalition did not celebrate the 4th anniversary of its rule knowing it fully well that it had practically nothing to tell to the suffering people of the state. However, what was more significant was the fact that even the otherwise ever alert media did not attach any importance whatsoever to
the completion of the NC-Congress coalition's four year rule.
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