SRINAGAR: Newly elected member of parliament and opposition leader Mehbooba Mufti has taken Chief Minister Omar Abdullah head on for his claims of good governance during the five and half years of coalition rule ushering in an era of development in the state.
A party handout said Mehbooba, while addressing a gathering at Kulgam, said, “It is now clear that the people of the entire state would vote for the PDP to bring in a government headed by Mufti Mohammad Sayeed with a clear majority so that the initiatives of change that had been started in 2002 are carried forward.”
Heaping criticism on the Omar-led coalition government, Mehbooba said the state would have ” entirely a new experience of good governance and conflict resolution under PDP.” She asserted that her party represented all the three parliamentary constituencies in Kashmir, “now you will have to ensure a stable PDP government in J&K.”
Terming the ruling coalition’s response to the election results as disgusting, Mehbooba said, “it seems that the ruling parties have lost their way completely. The government is now trying to undo the wrongs it has been committing during last five and a half years. The days of external life-lines and power conspiracies are over, she added.
Mehbooba said, “Omar Abdullah government would leave behind a mess that would be difficult to sort out, but the anti-youth policies pursued by it present us with a huge challenge on employment front and the ways to engage youth along creative channels.”
Mehbooba said the human resource development had been almost abandoned by the government and the people were forced to sell their lands and assets to fund the education of their children outside the state while the institutions within the state were compromised and the system of examination and entrance to technical institutions subverted for money.
The PDP chief said the political problems facing the state have to be taken head-on and Mufti Mohammad Sayeed would need a decisive mandate to be able to address them and take them up with the national leadership. She said, “our voice will be heard with respect. Our voice for peace could find a resonance even in Islamabad and the neighboring countries if PDP is handed down a clear mandate.”
Mehbooba said the 2002 Vajpayee initiative withstood severe provocations and serious incidents only because it had originated from Kashmir and former prime minister had responded positively to yearning for peace.
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