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EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, Jun 2: Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chief Mehbooba Mufti today sought support of the people for changing the prevailing inefficient and corrupt system in the State.
She said that PDP was committed to establish a transparent and accountable system to provide all comforts to people.
Addressing series of public meetings at Talab Tillo and Bahu Fort area of Jammu city, Mufti said that in 2002 priority of the party was to restore peace in the State. "By establishing peace in the State after 2002 by implementing pro-peace and reconciliatory policies, PDP had proved its capability", she said, adding, "this time our emphasis in on changing the system with the support of the people".
Accusing the present dispensation of failure to provide basic amenities to the people, she reiterated that PDP wants to establish a system where every citizen would get equal opportunities of upliftment and development. She regretted that people of the State were confronting to get basic amenities like drinking water and power. "In the scorching heat, people of Jammu have been facing hardships due to total breakdown of power system", she said and mentioned even in Kashmir there was total shutdown of power for four days.
Pointing towards problems of the educated unemployed youth, she strongly demanded streamlining of the recruitment process. "There is no need of appointing youth on contractual basis against over one lakh vacant posts in various government departments" she said and demanded that all the contractual employees should be regularized.
Reminding the gathering that process of contractual appointment was started in the year 2002 in a particular context because the Farooq Abdullah led National Conference regime had signed MoU with the then Central government and imposed blanket ban on the regular recruitment. "Now the system has changed and the government should start the process to straight way recruit the unemployed youth as regular employ", she said.
Pointing towards rampant corruption in the government, she said that present headed by Omar Abdullah has crossed all limits of corruption. "While as in other parts of the country a debate is going on how to eradicate the menace of corruption but in Jammu and Kashmir government itself brazenly taking steps to weaken the anti-graft bodies". She said that honest officers are sidelined while as plum positions have been given to the corrupt officers.
Thakur Balbir Singh Ved Mahajan, Shanti Devi, R K Bali, Rajinder Singh Manhas, Capt Anil Gour, Balbir Singh, Varinder Singh Sonu, Rafiq Malik, Bollowria and others also addressed the meeting.
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