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This Article is From Jun 27, 2014

National Conference - Congress Government Has Lost People's Confidence: Mufti Mohammad Sayeed

National Conference - Congress Government Has Lost People's Confidence: Mufti Mohammad Sayeed
Jammu: Claiming that the National Conference (NC) - Congress government has lost the people's confidence, Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party on Thursday said except indulging in "deceit tactics" this coalition regime has done nothing to address grievances of the people during its nearly six years' rule.

"The NC-led government has nothing to highlight as its achievement. Except indulging in deceit tactics, this regime has done nothing to address grievances of the people during the last nearly six years," PDP Patron Mufti Mohammad Sayeed said at a rally at Gool in Ramban district.

He regretted that instead of addressing grievances of the people, this government brazenly participated in photo sessions to get cheap publicity and just to befool the people.

"Some of noticeable achievements of this government are legalising corruption, undermining democratic institutions, stifling dissent voices and hoodwinking people by making false promises," he said, and added that coffers of the state were empty due to the prevailing financial mismanagement.

The PDP patron said due to lack of transparency and accountability, the state has been pushed into a virtual whirlpool of corruption, maladministration and despair.

He said the development process was almost paralysed while major initiatives taken by the previous PDP-led coalition government have been almost abandoned.

"The Prime Minister's reconstruction programme is also in disarray and various Centre-sponsored projects could not take off due to failure of the state government to give matching grants," he said.

"While crores of rupees were being spent to provide luxuries to the ministers and leaders of the ruling coalition, the government does not have money to provide matching grants to start various central welfare schemes in the state," Mr Mufti said, adding that the poor and the needy were the worst victim of the wrong policies being adopted by this government.

Taking a dig at leaders of the ruling NC for speaking in different languages, he said the NC leaders were trying to hoodwink the people.

"Gone are the days when NC leaders used to befool the people by such deceit tactics," he said and added that the people could not be hoodwinked any more.

"During the past nearly six years this regime has done nothing to solve problems of the masses," he said.

Reaffirming his party's commitment to aggressively pursue the agenda of reconciliation and development of the state, Mr Mufti asserted that his party, with the support of the masses, wouldn't allow the peace process to be derailed.

"As the peace process was pioneered by the PDP, the party would take this process to the logical conclusion by establishing lasting peace in this region by channelising power to the people," he said.

Appreciating the picturesque beauty of Gool and adjoining localities, Mr Mufti said that this mountainous region has huge tourism potential, which needed to be explored. He also emphasised strengthening road network in the region.

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