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| PDP has revived people’s faith in democracy: Mufti | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Dec 20- Terming the on-going assembly elections as historical opportunity to change fate of the people of Jammu and Kashmir, former Chief Minister and patron of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Mufti Mohammad Sayeed today said his party has revived peoples' faith in the democracy and democratic institutions. He said that heavy turnout in the six phases of the elections is an indication that peoples of Jammu and Kashmir have endorsed programmes and policies being propagated by the PDP.
Addressing an impressive public meeting at Nagrota in support of party candidate Abdul Rashid Malik, the former Chief Minister stated that PDP has pioneered a political and economic agenda to fulfill wishes and aspirations of people of Jammu and Kashmir. "Establishing sustainable peace and to consolidate reconciliation process is on the top of the party's agenda", he said and expressed satisfaction that during a short period of just three years, PDP, through its visionary policies, has established peace with dignity and honour.
Ridiculing National Conference for spreading wrong notions to mislead the masses, PDP patron said that the way people, braving hostile weather, coming out in large number to exercise their franchise, is an approval of the polices being adopted by the PDP. "Before 2002 assembly elections people didn't have faith in the electoral process", he said and reminded the gathering about his meeting with the then Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee, who had later made historical announcement from the Red Fort on August 15, 2001 to conduct free and fair elections in Jammu and Kashmir. Without naming any political party, Sayeed said, "unlike other political parties we had not demanded any favour from Vajpayee at that time. We had rather suggested him to conduct free and fair elections to revive people's faith in democracy", he recalled and added that defeat of Omar Abdullah in 2002 assembly elections from Ganderbal, which was earlier considered as citadel of NC, was turning point in the democratic history of Jammu and Kashmir as this defeat has revived peoples' faith in electoral process.
"Gone are days when rulers in Delhi used to take decision about fate of the people of Jammu and Kashmir, he said adding that after 2002 election it has become clear that only the people of Jammu and Kashmir could decide about their representatives", and cautioned the people against deceitful tactics of NC.
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