Srinagar,April 8, (Scoop News)-Castigating BJP for using Article 370 of the Constitution of India, as an election plank to hoodwink people for getting votes in the current Parliamentary Elections, the senior NC leader and Minister for Finance and Ladakh Affairs Mr.A.R.Rather today cautioned that any sort of tampering with the Art shall have disastrous socio-political consequences.
Speaking to a convention of party workers here today Mr. Rather said that J&K shall continue to have special status by virtue of Article 370 adding that National Conference was always ready to offer any kind of sacrifice for its protection. Reiterating that communal harmony ,amity and brotherhood have been the hallmark of state’s culture and ethos, the Senior NC leader said that National Conference will always strived to keep this legacy aloft. He called upon the people to vote in favour of NC-Congress alliance candidates as both these parties have a strong secular foundation and believe in communal harmony and brotherhood.
Mr Rather said that the current Parliamentary Elections in the country have become a decisive battle between communal and secular forces as Narinder Modi, the priministerial candidate projected by the BJP is charged with worst ever communal riots in Gujrat adding that this ugly incidence will remain the darkest chapter in the history of India.
He said NC-congress coalition government has jointly ushered the state into a new era of development and prosperity and unlike PDP did not wasted precious 6 years in leg pulling to de throne its own coalition partner the then chief Minister Gh Nabi Azad through a conspiracy hatched with BJP. He said PDP is not a trust worthy party as it relies on falsehood and deceit. He said PDP should read the writing on the wall that people of the state will never own this party now as they have already rejected it .He said PDP shall have to faced another humiliating defeat in the current Parliamentary Election.
While seeking a massive mandate for alliance candidates, Mr Rather said NC-Congress coalition has conceived a perspective development for the state which ensures equitable development of all the three regions viz. Jammu,Kashmir and Ladakh with special focus on remote and backward Pockets. He said all the habitations in nook and corner of the state have been linked with road network and adequate education facilities have been made available with no village left without a school. In fact colleges have been opened at district levels to provide higher education facilities to the students at their door steps He sought votes from the people on the basis of the report card of NC-Congress coalition government during last five and a half years.
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