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| Mufti asks Delhi to hear peace calls | | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
Pulwama, Apr 27 – Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Patron Mufti Mohammad Sayeed has said the country’s leadership must take note of the sentiment of peace emanating from Jammu and Kashmir and accord it the desired response to resolve the State’s problems, besides implementing the recommendations of the Working Groups set up by the Prime Minister.
Addressing a public meeting here today, Sayeed said the people have offered a fresh opportunity for the resolution of the State’s problems through peaceful and democratic means and the country’s leadership must now respond to the new situation by addressing the issues concerning the State with a sense of urgency, sincerity and seriousness. “A new scenario, free of discord and disruption, has come into sight in the six-decade-old history of Jammu & Kashmir for the peaceful resolution of the State’s problems,” he said and added that the previous attempts at resolution had, unfortunately, resulted only in confrontation and bargaining counter for power.
Sayeed said during the last six decades, the State kept only losing the identity and powers that it had acquired after a long and painful struggle for self-rule. “Miseries mounted, economy ravaged and generations suffered,” he said and added that the State’s problems could find reasonable solution if approached with open mind and a will to move ahead.
Crediting his party for creating a new space within the democratic system for the resolution of the Kashmir problem, Sayeed said the PDP’s J&K-specific regional agenda and its Self-Rule formula have got the public approval and the party would continue its struggle to seek an end to the political and economic miseries of the State and its people. “PDP’s political agenda has emerged as the most credible and pragmatic solution to the State’s problems,” he said and added that the voice of the people of Jammu & Kashmir as articulated in Self-Rule agenda can provide the most valuable input to the efforts at bringing permanent peace and stability to the State and the region.
Demanding immediate implementation of the recommendations of the Working Groups constituted by the Prime Minister, Sayeed said any delay in doing so can generate further frustrations on political and economic fronts within the State. “The complete restoration of rights of the State over its water resources should begin with the return of central power projects to the State as recommended by the Working Group on economic matters and also by the Prime Minister’s Task Force on Economic Development of Jammu & Kashmir headed by former RBI Governor Rangarajan,” he said.
While expressing gratitude to the people of Pulwama and Shopian for having given a clear mandate to the PDP in the 2008 assembly elections, Sayeed said he is expecting a similar gesture from the emancipated voters of the area during the ongoing parliamentary polls.
PDP leaders Peer Mohammad Hussain, Mohammad Khalil Bandh (MLA), Sayed Bashir (MLA), Zahoor Ahmad Mir (MLA), Abdul Razaq Zaoora (MLA), Mushtaq Ahmad (MLA), Thakur Balbir Singh, Mohammad Maqbool and Showkat Gayoor also addressed the meeting.
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