Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, Apr 22: Strongly condemning the serial attacks on innocent civilians in Tral area of district Pulwama, People’s Democratic Party (PDP) president and party candidate from Anantnag Parliamentary Constituency Mehbooba Mufti today said the dance of death is timed only to benefit National Conference (NC) in the elections as that Party is the sole beneficiary of poll boycott.
Addressing wayside public meetings in Wachi Assembly segment that she represents in the legislature, Mehbooba said NC is looking at boycott as the only way to prevent its rout as it has failed the State on every front from the hanging of Afzal Guru to non-availability of rations. She was also accompanied by Incharge youth wing Waheed ur Rehman Parra; Ataullah Simnani district Coordinator, Zone President Gh Hassan Bhat, Party leader Gh Mohiudin Wani and many others.
Mehbooba said the cold blooded murder of Ghulam Nabi Mir, Firdous Ahmad Mir and Mohammad Anwar last evening represents another failure of Omar Abdullah Government which instead of providing an atmosphere of security is contributing to creation of scare to keep voters away from polling booths.
She expressed her deep grief at the loss of innocent lives and conveyed her heartfelt sympathies to their families. “Every innocent killing in Kashmir is rooted in NC’s original sin of rigging 1987 elections which they are now trying to reenact through poll boycott and as long as this Party is a stakeholder in power misfortune and misery would continue to visit JK,” said Mehbooba.
Pointing out the stark difference between the approach adopted by the Election Commission of India (ECI) on complaints it receives from J&K and rest of the country, Mehbooba said the obvious double-standards could vitiate the election scenario further. She said it was disappointing that ECI has maintained complete silence and turned a blind eye to the loss of innocent lives in Kashmir and promotion of violence by the NC leadership whereas it has promptly and effectively intervened in other states over much milder events. “The attitude of ECI is adding to the odds against the opposition parties inherent in the situation deliberately destabilized by NC for its electoral gains,” she said.
The PDP president said her party’s only objective in seeking people’s mandate is to undo the damage that NC has done to the State in last eight decades. “As long as this party remains in power people of this State will remain at risk of being hanged, shot, disabled, arrested, victimized and disempowered,” she said. “The only way to end bad governance, corruption and denial of justice is to vote out NC in this election as that will set the stage for a total change later in the Assembly elections”.
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