Bhaderwah-Jammu, February 28 (Scoop News) – President of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Mehbooba Mufti today said that self rule document prepared by her party was the only viable solution of
Addressing a seminar of Self Rule at Bhaderwah Mehbooba said that government should seriously consider the proposals given for the solution of this issue. She said there was no alternative to solve this problem once for all as this festering sore had already dampened economic growth of the
“Wishes and aspirations of all regions and sub-regions have been incorporated in the Self-rule document and only through this proposal both internal and external dimensions of
Reiterating her party’s resolve to remove regional disparities, she said that this proposal aimed at empowering all regions and sub-regions and making an institutional arrangement to address aspirations of all sections of the society.
“Through our document we have been demanding more powers for the State and the decision making powers would be further trickled down at grass root level”, she said and reminded that gathering that regional and sub-regional aspirations were addressed during the tenure of Mufti Mohammad Sayeed as Chief Minister of the State.
“PDP through its agenda wants to restore dignity and honour of the people of Jammu and Kashmir and to take this problem to the logical conclusion and making Jammu and Kashmir economically self-reliant”, she said.
Pointing towards discriminatory water agreements, she said that
water is to J&K as oil is to the oil producing countries, but despite being such rich natural resources we can not exploit it properly due to discriminatory agreements signed by the successive National Conference governments. She pointed out how the natural resources of
"I don’t think any state in the country would barter its resources in such a reckless manner as was done by the NC government by handing over seven power projects to NHPC under an arbitrary agreement signed by it with the Union Power Ministry in 2000," she said and proper exploitation of this natural resources would not generate employment opportunities for local youth but also make our State economically self-reliant.
Before 1947 Kashmir was connected through different routes, with Central and South Asia but all the routes were closed after the accession” she pointed out and informed the people that self-rule aimed at opening all traditional routes to make
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