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| Mehbooba, Karra PDP candidates for Anantnag, Srinagar | | Lok Sabha elections | | ET Report
SRINAGAR, Nov 21: Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) president, Mehbooba Mufti has been nominated as the party's candidate for Anantnag Parliamentary constituency, while the senior party leader and former finance minister, Tariq Hameed Karra will fight on the party's ticket from Srinagar parliamentary constituency. This was announced here today by the party patron, Mufti Mohammad Sayeed at the meetings of the senior leaders, legislators and party functionaries of the two parliamentary constituencies.
The names of candidates for Baramullah and Ladakh constituencies are expected to be announced later. Addressing the meetings, Mufti said PDP is aimed at bringing change in the entire political scenario and the administrative system in the state, which have been marked by uncertainty and injustice ever since independence. He expressed the confidence that the change will begin taking place with the elections to the Lok Sabha. Mufti said democracy is the only way that provides resolution to problems and it is unfortunate that in Jammu & Kashmir every other method of dubious merit has been tried, but democratic processes were always subverted. He said it was with the arrival of the PDP that the institution of MLA as a peoples' representative came under focus for the first time. Their voice mattered and as a conscience people started having expectations from them. But, this also introduced a positive element of public scrutiny, performance audit and accountability of peoples representatives, Mufti said and added it is because of these new factors in state politics that has helped people to use their option in electing the right candidate. "The phase of political monopoly is over and that is a major corrective in our political system", said Mufti. About the importance of the members that are sent to the parliament Mufti said the people of the state have now an opportunity and a challenge to utilize the next Lok Sabha elections for making the rest of the country aware of the problems, that we face and secure our rights as a special status state within the union. He said that till now the MPs elected by the people here have generally being subsumed by electoral politics of the ruling parties, but now the PDP will try to send with the support of the people strong, sincere and dedicated persons to the highest seat of democracy in the country, so that our voice is heard with respect. Mufti said people of the state have now a very clear and easy choice to make between parties while they exercise their right to vote. He said the present government has proved to be the worst enemy of the people of the state. "Dreams of these youngsters have been snatched and their hardwork sold for money by an insensitive and callous government which is becoming more and more criminal in its conduct" said Mufti. He said this government has made things very difficult to retrieve even for a new dispensation that might succeed them. While development process has almost stopped the political narrow mindedness of the present government has increased alienation to unprecedented levels. Institutions of transparency like the Accountability Commission, Information Commission and Vigilance Organization have been made ineffective. He said the J&K Bank, which is a shining example of government and private participation and served as an effective source for funding state developmental projects too, has been taken out of development process of the state by discontinuing it as the state banker. |
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