Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, July 14: Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti today said it was a “major achievement” for her Gover-nment to attain a near unanimity of all sections on the implementation of GST regime in the State.
Addressing a meeting of district and zonal presidents of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) here, she said, “The apprehensions of certain quarters on GST were allayed and the special position of the State was reaffirmed and reassured in a presidential order, as the party has been standing for”.
Mehbooba said the PDP was formed to strengthen democratic ethos in the State by providing an alternative narrative, thereby giving voice to sentiments of people.
Ever since its formation, she said, the PDP has been voicing the issues of people, in and out of power. “As a result it got the discourse about the State changed and a vast constituency of peace, reconciliation and dialogue was gradually evolved,” she said.
The Chief Minister said every human heart felt bruised on hearing the inhuman act of violence against Amarnath pilgrims earlier this week.
“But it was reassuring to note that people of the state in one voice, irrespective of differences in ideologies, stood up to condemn the act and declared it against the Kashmiri ethos and culture. This not only failed the designs of the perpetrators of the crime, but also gave a befitting reply to them,” she said.
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