What happened to PDPs political promises asks Omar

Mufti arrested nearly 1,500 people ahead of PMs rally
ANANTNAG: National Conference Working President, Omar Abdullah on Tuesday said that PDPs abandonment of every single political promise prior to its sell-out to the BJP would have far-reaching political implications and has resulted in a drastic alienation of youth in the Valley.
The NC Working President was speaking at a workers meeting at Dyalgam, Anantnag Constituency today. What happened to the promise of revoking AFSPA? What happened to the promise of sending the Army back to the barracks? What happened to the promise of making New Delhi to enter into a dialogue with the Hurriyat leadership? What happened to the promise of making New Delhi talk to Pakistan? What happened to the promise of opening additional LoC routes? All these promises with the youth of Kashmir stand broken by PDP within the first nine months of its formal alliance with the BJP, NC Working President Omar Abdullah said.
The same Mufti Sayeed who spoke about Goli se nahi, boli se has become the tormentor of not only the separatist leaders but also the youth of the State in general.
The Chief Minister went above and beyond the call of duty to arrest nearly 1,500 youth and political activists for a single public meeting of the Prime Minister. Kashmir had never witnessed such a clampdown during the visit of Prime Ministers in the past. And despite Mufti Sahab bending over backwards to please the Prime Minister and the BJP, the Prime Minister brazenly ridiculed the Chief Minister in front of the whole world, the NC Working President said.
The NC Working President said the Prime Minister, in response to Mufti Sahabs speech, snubbed an elected Chief Minister of the State by telling Mufti Sahab that he did not require anyones advice on the Kashmir Issue. This happened in front of the entire world. And this same Chief Minister had tried to tell us that he would be the architect of the resumption of Indo-Pak dialogue? Its clearly evident now that our Chief Minister has absolutely no say even in addressing the internal dimensions of the political issue, Mr. Omar Abdullah said in his speech in Anantnag.
What happened to all those Revoke AFSPA placards of Mehbooba Mufti? Along with their conscience, did PDP discard those placards as soon as it came to power in an alliance with the same people they had promised to keep at bay? During their election campaign, the PDP had a single-point agenda that it sought votes on that the party would keep BJP at a safe distance from the State. PDP leaders told the people that a vote for NC would be a vote for BJP while as a vote for PDP would be a vote against the BJP. Today the same PDP has politically and ideologically embraced not only the BJP but also the RSS. Today the same Mufti Mohammad Sayeed is desperately issuing one certificate of secularism after another to the Prime Minister at a time when BJP stands condemned for hate-mongering and communal polarization all across the country and most recently in Bihar, Omar said.
Muslims of J&K the countrys only Muslim-majority State, Omar said felt insecure and threatened because of the PDP-BJP alliance and the platform given by BJP to RSS in the State. While the youth of Kashmir are robbed of the right to even criticize the BJP and RSS without being hounded and arrested, RSS is allowed to march with guns and swords on the streets of Jammu. What could be a more damning indictment of this Government and that of the Chief Minister?, Mr. Omar Abdullah further said while speaking in Anantnag.
Despite nine months having passed, the Mufti-led Government has been a complete disappointment for thousands of flood victims who are now going to face another harsh winter in makeshift shelters with no government compensation and relief. Even in the 80,000 crore Central Package, there is barely anything at all for the flood victims in terms of compensation and relief that would enable them to rebuild their homes and re-establish their sources of livelihood, the NC Working President said.

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