Mufti flays present regime

Jammu, August 12 (Scoop News) –  Reiterating his resolve to change fate of the people of Jammu and Kashmir, patron of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Mufti Mohammad Sayeed today said that his party has a visionary agenda to solve political, economic and developmental problems of the State. He said that PDP has formulated its visionary agenda by incorporating wishes and aspirations of all sections of the society.

Addressing an impressive function at Dushera Ground, which was organised in connections with the 13th foundation day of party here today, Mr Sayeed said that on the one hand PDP has bigger agenda to solve internal and external dimensions of Kashmir problem while on the hand party has programmes and policies to provide basic amenities to the people Jammu, Kashmir and Ladakh. He reminded the mammoth gathering the previous PDP-Congress government had implemented its pro-people agenda and set an example of good governance.
“I don’t indulge in self praising but the people have themselves realized that the previous PDP-Congress government had taken radical steps to solve day today problems of the common masses and to bring transparency and accountability in the governance”, he said and reminded that it was all due to its sincere efforts that the previous government had earned credibility of the people.

“Our government had carved out a path of balanced and equitable development in the State”, he said and added that it was first time in the history of Jammu and Kashmir that equal treatment was given to all the regions and sub-regions of the State be it in sanctioning developmental funds or delegating decision-making powers.  He further added that sincere efforts were taken by the PDP-Congress regime to bring transparency in the governance and to curb the menace of corruption.

“We have revived peoples’ faith in the democracy and in democratic institutions through our policies and programmes”, he said but hastened to add that the present regime has failed to come up to the expectations of the people. “The people have no faith on the present government and this regime does not has even a single achievement to highlight during its three and half year tenure”, he mentioned and regretted that the National Conference led government has failed to carry forward the agenda of peace and development which was initiated by the previous PDP-Congress regime.

PDP patron reminded the gathering that the all-party delegation, which had visited Jammu and Kashmir after the 2010 summer unrest, had mentioned that there was governance as well as trust deficit in the state. “In our short span of government we had earned trust as well as faith of the people”, he said and added it was one of the biggest achievements of the previous PDP-Congress regime.

Taking a dig at present government for undermining democratic institutions, Mr Sayeed said that failure to constitute Block  Samittees and District Committees reflects that the present regime was not interested in strengthening Panchayati Raj Institutions in the State. “I don’t know why there is any delay in constituting these committees?’, he asked and observed that government was deliberately trying to weaken these institutions. He further mentioned that Central government has blocked a grant of Rs 600 crore becasuse the state government has failed to conduct local bodies elections, which were scheduled to be held in the month of February 2010. 

Terming the present government has total failure, he said that all the central sponsored schemes were defunct in the state. He said that Centre has taken back a whopping grant of Rs 500 crore under Sarv Siksha Abhiyan (SSA) because the state government has failed to utilize the same amount.

PDP patron also condemned killing of innocent people at USA, Myanmar and Assam and said that there was no justification of the killing of innocent people.

Sardar Rangil Singh, Trilok Singh Bajwa, Dr Sameer Koul, Thakur Balbir Singh, Ved Mahajan, Daman Bhasin, Rafiq Hussain Khan, MLA, Choudhary Zulfikar, MLA, Sayeed Asgar Ali, MLC, Basharat Bukhari, MLA, Hussain Ali Bafa, Falail Singh, Bharat Bhushan Gupta, Jagjit Singh Jagga, Vijay Dogra, R K Bali, Ashok Jogi, Surjeet Kour, Avtar Singh Khalsa, Thakur Sumar Singh Chib, Sukhdev Sharma, Partap Sharma, Pawan Dev Singh, Abdul Ahad Wani, Abdul Qayoom Dar, Surinder Singh, Suresh Sharma, Satpal Singh Charak, Rajinder Singh Manhas, Capt Anil Gour, Varinder Singh Sonu, Rashpal Billowaria, Rashid Malik, Rafiq Malik, Kuldeep Sharma, Rashpal Singh Bittu, Advocate Imtiyaz, Imtiyaz Khanday, A A Mirza and others also spoke on the occasion.

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