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| NC traded J&K's dignity for power: Baig | | PDP launches pre-election mass contact program | | Early Times Reporter
Srinagar | Mar 15
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) President, Mehbooba Mufti has said given the unparalleled performance of Mufti Mohammad Sayeed as the chief minister, the people across the State are today recognizing him as a distinctive leader with a vision and a commitment to deliver. "People across the board are now convinced that only Mufti Mohammad Sayeed has the capability and commitment to pull Jammu & Kashmir out of the morass and put it on the path of political stability and economic prosperity," she said.
Launching the party's pre-election mass contact program at an impressive public meeting at Batamalloo today, the PDP President said even though he headed the Coalition Government for a very short span of three years, Mufti Mohammad Sayeed has left indelible landmarks of his impeccable performance not only at the ground but on the public minds as well. The PDP President asserted that the party would continue its struggle for the restoration of the political and economic rights of the people of Jammu & Kashmir. She said the greatest challenge before the party is ensuring social and economic security of the State's youth, who have underwent a trail of miseries because of the turmoil.
Addressing the meeting, senior PDP leader and Deputy Chief Minister Muzaffar Hussain Baig said the PDP's alliance with Congress is based on the principle that both the party's would work together for the peaceful resolution of the Kashmir issue without compromising the honor and dignity of the people of Jammu & Kashmir. Baig said the peace process could have by now made tremendous progress if Mufti Mohammad Sayeed would have continued as the chief minister.
Launching a scathing attack on the National Conference, the Deputy Chief Minister said the NC leadership has, on crucial occasions of the State's history, traded the honor and dignity of the people of Jammu & Kashmir for power. He said the PDP came into existence, under the gifted leadership of Mufti Mohammad Sayeed, with the sole objective of ridding the people of the NC's exploitative tantrums.
Speaking on the occasion, senior PDP leader and Minister for Finance & Housing, Tariq Hameed Karra said PDP has played a vital role in transforming the developmental profile of Srinagar city and Batamalloo has today become a role model for other constituencies in the city. Karra accused the NC leadership of exploiting the people of Srinagar city for votes without giving anything substantial to them in terms of development. "NC has all these years exploited the people of Srinagar politically, economically and socially," he said and added that now the time has come when they would be accounted for their exploitative tantrums. Squarely blaming the NC for the death and destruction that took place in the State after the massive rigging of 1987 elections, Karra said out of frustration NC leadership has now started brandishing the whole Muslim community as terrorists.
He said in Kashmir, NC leadership is vainly trying to sympathize with the suffering people here, while in Jammu they are in league with BJP as they ensured the victory of the BJP mayoral candidate in the recent elections there.
Seeking PDP President Mehbooba Mufti's intervention in securing an employment package for the State in general and the Srinagar city in particular, Karra said as the people of Srinagar have limited sources of income, the young boys and girls deserve to be given prioritized jobs. PDP leaders Ghulam Qadir Pardesi and Peerzada Mansoor Hussain also addressed the meeting. |
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