UPA govt miserably failed to solve J&K issue: Mufti Earth News Service Srinagar: Accusing the Congress led UPA at the centre for failing to make any progress on the political dimension of Jammu and Kashmir over the last ten years; Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) patron, Mufti Mohammad Sayeed Thursday termed the forthcoming parliamentary elections as an opportunity for the people to elect sincere people. Addressing senior party leaders, legislatures and workers of Srinagar parliamentary constituency at his official Gupkar residence, Mufti said the state is at the threshold of a change and the parliamentary polls will be a turning point to broaden the discourse about Kashmir issue at the national level, as the performance of the present MPs from the state have been disastrous to the extent as they have miserably failed to raise the issue in the parliament. He said the fight of PDP is not with any individual or any ideology, but the party has its own agenda for the state and it will fight for the rights and political empowerment of the people, who are still being looked down upon with suspicion both in and outside the state. He said we have been choosing MPs but instead of working for the people and interests of the state in real sense, they choose to remain silent on crucial matters pertaining to J&K. Mufti said this vote is not just to change the government or elect MPs but there is a growing need to build the prevailing trust deficit between the people of J&K and rest of the country and between India & Pakistan, and PDP will work to make any future government at the centre to endorse its agenda of political resolution and empowerment of people. He said a new beginning was made by the opening of Srinagar-Muzzafrabad road but the entire atmosphere of trust now in a reverse gear and could be threatened unless retrieved soon, as both NC led government in the state and UPA at the centre did not consolidate on the gains made by the PDP during its brief tenure in the government. He said there is an atmosphere of change both at the national as well as local level and the PDP will determinedly make any future political formation at the Centre to work on both internal and external dimensions of Kashmir issue. While the senior PDP leader, Molvi Iftikar Hussain Ansari said the state is going through a difficult phase and the ruling government has held everything hostage to its inefficiency and ineptness to deliver and called upon the PDP cadres to strengthen the party at every level and work to ensure the win of the party candidates in the parliamentary polls. Speaking on the occasion, the senior PDP leader, Molvi Iftikar Hussain Ansari said J&K is going through a difficult phase and the present government instead of making a positive impact on the ground, has held everything hostage to its inefficiency and ineptness to deliver.
Posted on: Thu, 20 Mar 2014 21:05:19 +0000
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