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Apply accountability standards to yourself as well, Mehbooba tells govt
1/2/2012 12:23:15 AM
Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, Jan 1: Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) president Mehbooba Mufti has told the government to apply accountability standards to it as well.
Referring to the Chief Minister's latest statement blaming people for the deteriorating power situation in the state Ms Mufti said the government has got into the habit of blaming every body except itself for failures. "The worst examples of last three years, be it the unfortunate Shopian episode 2009, killing of 120 youth in 2010 or the latest exposure of crime and corruption brought out by alleged custodial killing of Haji Mohammed Yousuf", she said.
"The state government neither has till date taken responsibility nor held any one accountable for those actions, but have only been putting blame on others. So the Chief Ministers latest blame game about power crisis does not come as surprise to the people", Mufti said..
Mufti said three years of Omar Abdullah rule marked the lowest ebb in governance in Jammu & Kashmir and Srinagar is one of its major victims. Addressing a public meeting at Mujgund in Batmaloo constituency she said "it seems the NC government is punishing the Srinagar city along with the rest of the state with targeted vengeance for having given it the electoral edge with eight assembly seats and a lok sabha representative".
On this occasion Senior party leader Tariq Hameed Karra, District vice president Nisar Ahmed Mandoo were also present and addressed the people. Some senior workers of NC also joined PDP on this occasion.
Mahbooba blamed NC government for reversing initiatives taken by PDP led coalition rule. "The Chief Minister seems to have woken up to the need of accountability in administration but it won't be enough to penalize teachers alone for zero results in the exams. What about zero performance in governance if same standards are applied to the present coalition", Mehbooba wondered.
She said the present government is in huge arrears itself on accountability front with Haji Yusuf's mysterious death being only the latest and most foul that exposed corruption and crime in Abdullah family itself.
Referring to the problems of Srinagar Mehbooba said a new vision had been unfolded for Srinagar city during the brief three year tenure of Mufti Mohammed Sayeed led coalition. The Dal development project which was got sanctioned at a cost of about Rs 300 crores is showing no impact because of faulty implementation. Except for spending money there is no visible improvement in the condition of Dal Lake which is the primary tourist asset of the city. Similarly the beautification programme of the Jehlum river and revitalization of the historic down town, construction of the weir at Chatabal to enable navigation within the city have completely been stalled.
Mehbooba said instead of understanding the problems of Srinagar the present government only has been trying every method of repression and harassment in the city. "A city that needed help to liberate its creative energies has found its youth framed in false cases, a generation painted black as stone pelters and its soul and spirit brutalized by the party that has been exploiting its sentiment for eighty years" Mehbooba regretted. She however expressed confidence that the people were the best judges of right and wrong and they now know from the experience of the last one decade how a well meaning government that held itself accountable to people could bring change in their lives.
Speaking on the occasion senior leader and former finance minister Tariq Hameed Karra said that it was the PDP regime that gave the highest seat of power to Srinagar for the first time by allocating the finance and planning department to him. NC has been exploiting the people of Srinagar for last many decades but has done nothing for the city. He said the inability of the govt to take the development of the capital city to next level as in other cities of the country is not only a perennial source of discomfort for the citizens of this place but it also compromises the city's premier position on the tourist map of the state.
He said the state government could not benefit from open ended schemes like the JNNURM because of lack of political direction which could have solved the city's drainage and sewerage problems once for all. Instead even the projects under ERA with the assistance from Asian Development Bank have not been executed properly with many roads dug up for years but drainage no where near completion. The civic nightmare, electricity blackout and traffic jams have made life miserable and the tourists who once wanted to stay in Srinagar for weeks prefer not more than a night's stay here."This has severely dented the economic and self employment potential of the residents of Srinagar" he said calling it a severe setback to a proud city that has traditionally created wealth through private enterprise.
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