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PDP only party with specific agenda, vision for development: Mehbooba
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Saturday, 5 April 2014
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Gool (Ramban): President Peoples Democratic
Party Mehbooba Mufti Saturday said
that PDP is the only party contesting elections with specific agenda, vision
and roadmap for development, prosperity, economic stability and peace.
“Unlike other
parties, PDP has presented before the public its state specific election
manifesto elaborating the roadmap and vision, the party has for the state and
its people”, Mehbooba said, while addressing a largely attended public meeting
here in support of party candidate for Doda-Udhampur parliamentary constituency
Arshad Malik.
Elaborating
further, she said that the political parties in the state and across country
were either having personality specific agenda or their own vested interests
unlike PDP, for which reaching to Parliament is another effort to resolve the
long pending issues of state and its people.
“Bhartiya Janta
Party, which is yet to release its manifesto, has a personality specific agenda
with all its focus on Narendera Modi. On the other hand the Congress is also
contesting the polls just to stop the BJP’s Prime Ministerial candidate”,
Mehbooba said adding, “The National Conference on the other hand is contesting
elections in Jammu and Kashmir in order to ensure ministerial berth either for
Omar Abdullah or his father Dr Farooq Abdullah in New Delhi”.
The PDP
president, who is also party candidate for Anantnag Lok Sabha constituency,
said that the foundation stone of the party itself was laid on specific agenda
of peace, development and prosperity and to end decades old hegemony of a
single family which sold out the state resources for its own interest and
compromised to stay in power.
“Peoples’
Democratic Party was formulated with the aim of restoring the trust and
confidence of people on the political and democratic system in Jammu and
Kashmir”, she said adding that with its policies and programmes the party was
able to restore that confidence on the democratic institutions, which were
strengthened to bring transparency and accountability. “However, over the last
more than five years the National Conference-Congress alliance has once again
eroded the sanctity of such institutions leading to a chaos and political
instability in state”.
“Even when PDP
entered into an alliance with Congress it formulated and ensured implementation
of the road map in the form of Common Minimum Programme”, she said.
Coming down
heavily upon the ruling dispensation, the PDP president said that Chief
Minister Omar Abdullah has not only failed his party and people but himself as
well. “The repeated rhetoric by the government over AFSPA, Pathribal fake
encounter, Afzal Guru’s hanging and several others similar issues have only
exposed the disgrace Omar Abdullah has brought to the post of Chief
Ministership in Jammu and Kashmir”, she said adding, “Unable to take a firm
stand and decision he has been knocking doors of New Delhi for even the
matters, which completely fall under the administrative powers of the state
government.
She said that the
people of Chenab Valley, comprising Doda, Kishtwar and Ramban district, were
worst sufferers at the hands of NC and Congress. She said that first it was NC,
which exploited the people and then the Congress compromised with the interest
and aspirations of the people of this far off areas.
“Even despite
being rich in natural resources the people of these far off areas are still struggling
for basic amenities including schools, health care, roads, water and
electricity”, she said adding that two prestigious hydel projects were
functional in the region but it has only brought disaster for the people.
“Today people
here are living in constant threat as it is a general belief that the hydel
projects have instead of benefitting people brought miseries for the common
masses in view of the increasing land slides, earthquakes, sinking of land and
similar other situations”, she said adding, “The government on the other hand
is yet to come out of its slumber and ensure preventive measures”.
She urged the
people to vote in favour of PDP candidate Arshad Malik to ensure that their
problems are discussed and resolved in the highest democratic institution of
country.
Addressing the
gathering party candidate Arshad Malik, highlighted various issues and problems
being confronted by the people of Chenab Valley. He said that people were
living in backwardness, poverty and alienation due to the mockery and
mis-governance of NC, Congress alliance.
Others who
addressed the public meeting included Imtiyaz Shan, Abdul Ahad Wani, Distt
President, Shahbaz Mirza, Youth District President, Muhammad Yusuf Magray and
Javaid Shan.
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