| PDP's roadmap is workable, achievable: Mehbooba | | | Early Times Report
Srinagar, Sept 1: Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) president, Mehbooba Mufti Sunday said that the party's roadmap for the resolution of Jammu & Kashmir issue, under the leadership of Mufti Mohammad Sayeed, was clear, practicable and achievable in the present geo-political scenario.
Addressing a public meeting at Kilam in Devsar constituency, she said the action in this regard was, in fact, started in 2002 itself, even the party having only 16 members in the legislative assembly, and it is under implementation. "If the party gets a decisive mandate, it will carry forward its policies and agenda for resolution", she said.
The PDP president said the party was committed to bring Jammu & Kashmir out of the uncertainty and resultant darkness that has engulfed it for the last 65 years. Mehbooba said empowerment of people was a basic requirement for resolution. "PDP will usher in a new era of peace, prosperity and development in the state and will pick up the threads again, from where it left, when it had catalysed the process of reconciliation within the state and between India and Pakistan,"she said.
She said creating an atmosphere conducive to the resolution had been made in 2003 with the memorable Atal Bihari Vajpayee visit. His ( Vajpaiee's) statement was historical in its nature as no less than PM of India declared among thousands of people that Kashmir issue is to be resolved within the ambit of humanity.
She said adding the opening of Srinagar-Muzaffarabad road was a historical Confidence Building Measure (CBM) and start for resolution of Kashmir issue.
Mehbooba said National Conference's thinking is clouded by the fact that they measure every other party by their own standards of hypocrisy and duality. "This party (NC) had publicly made fun of the PDP, when in 2004, the idea of opening up of LoC for travel and trade with Srinagar-Muzzafarbad road, was introduced, through banners and hoardings. However, what NC had described as a pipe dream was realized only in less than one year, with the introduction of cross-LoC 'Karvan-e-Amn' and followed up with the opening of Poonch-Rawalalot road."
Criticising the National Conference about its past blunders, she said after giving up the plebiscite demand it took a U-turn for the sake of chair, even after thousands of people were got killed, but PDP's performance is clear and we achieved whatever little without causing any bloodshed or disturbance. "We have set modest goals for ourselves but their significance has become historic," she said.
"For petty jobs, Omar Abdullah sold our waters, power and even J&K Bank, she said added PDP didn't compromise on the dignity of people. She said, when Mufti Mohammad Sayeed talks of resolution, he does not raise the slogans like "tum mujay khoon do, mein tumhain aazadi daunga" (Give me your blood, I will give you freedom); neither does his party raise donations in the shape of jewellery and sacrificial animal hides."
She said AFSPA revocation demand has become a digressing tactics and mere slogan for the chief minister, who first raised it after the death of Haji Yousuf, who died in mysterious circumstance involving Omar Abdullah's residence and murky money dealings in the Abdullah family, but for PDP it is matter of conviction not just slogan.
Besides Mehbooba, those who spoke on the occasion include Mohammad Sartaj Madni, deputy speaker; Nazir Ahmad Laway, district president Kulgam; Zaffarullah Wani, zonal president Kulgam; Sheeraz Ahmad, youth district president; Riyaz Ahmad; Advocate Jvaid Ahmad Sheikh; Abdul Salam Reshi and G. A. Thakur. |
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