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| L S elections crucial first step towards change: Baig | | 'No takers for NC's rhetoric now' | | Early Times Report
Srinagar, Mar 9 : Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) senior leader and Former Deputy Chief Minister Muzaffar Hussain Baig has said NC has been perusing only the ideology of 'power at any cost' and it has never been bothered by the welfare of the people or their political problems. Responding to Chief Minister Omar Abdullah's observation that the upcoming elections were an ideological battle, Baig said the Chief Minister's words amounted to nothing except the usual poll time rhetoric by the NC, but "there are no takers now for their statements".
Baig said the elections to Lok Sabha would be the crucial first step towards a change in the system and government in the state. He said there of course would be a battle, but it will be between the arrogance of power that has blinded the NC to people's problems on the one side and humility , a political vision and road map for development on the other which PDP represents. Baig said the people of the state this time have a clear choice to make wether they want to give PDP a chance with a decisive mandate or continue with the antipeople policies of NC and its rusted and out dated politics .
He said voting for PDP in the Lok Sabha elections would be the first step towards a change that the people of the state have been wanting for the last six years. Referring to the Chief Minister's another statement that "Dr Farooq was never my best friend" Baig said this is an attempt by the Chief Minister to distance himself from his father who has made himself even more unpopular with his recent abusive statements against people of Kashmir. Baig said Omar has realised that by calling Kashmiris Maha Chors (Big theives) Farooq Abdullah has finally burnt his bridges with the people who have for decades helped the family to enjoy luxuries of power and is dissociating with Senior Abdullah.
Farooq's statement is in the nature of ' Pot calling kettle black' as he is facing a serious charges of embazelment in the cricket scam in which the police has reportedly established his involvement, said Baig. He said Omar also is in the dock for the suspicious death of Haji Yousuf and the dirty money that the Abdullahs have been collecting to fix mandates and ministerial positions. Baig said all the U-turns that NC leadership has taken throughout its history has resulted in a serious trust deficit between the people of Kashmir and rest of the country. He said NC whipped-up emotions in Kashmir in the name of pelbicite, autonomy which caused turmoil but never gave the people a chance to use their vote in a free and fair exercise.
The rigg polls angered the youth who were forced to takeup arms and NC again posed as the only nationalist force and sought license from Delhi to manage Kashmir. ' when they propagated seperatism no body could match them and when they pose as nationalists they claim that every body else is an enemy agent and sending their oponents to jail and use bullets to silence any protest or voices of dissent' Baig said adding that in the process the NC leadership accumulated wealth , built huge estates in and outside the state, looted our resources and converted the state into a begging bowl. |
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