Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, June 28: National Conference (NC) general secretary Ali Muhammad Sagar today said that the saga of misgovernance in J&K has pushed region’s development prospects to backburner thereby aggravating people’s problems.
Sagar said this while addressing party functionaries and workers here at the party headquarters Nawa-e-Subha, Srinagar. Additional general secretary Dr Sheikh Mustafa Kamaal also addressed the functionaries. Among others central secretary Irfan Shah, state spokesperson Imran Nabi Dar, provincial secretary Showkat Ahmed Mir, district president Srinagar Peer Afaq Ahmed, provincial vice president Syed Tauqeer, Kafil ur Rehman, minority wing organizer JS Azad, Qaisar Jalali, Dr Syed and district president YNC Bilal Ahmed Ganaie were also present on the occasion.
Criticizing the Government for its hollow rhetoric, Sagar said, “Situation on ground belies the claims of the Government. The irony is New Delhi has turned a blind eye to the woes of our people who continue to suffer from rising unemployment, deepening alienation, and development deficit. Far from conserving the gains of previous democratically elected governments in J&K, the incumbent administration continues to undone everything. The situation is progressively getting worse on every front ranging from security to development. But New Delhi, it seems, is caught up with rhetoric over substance.”
In his address, Dr Kamal said that the predicaments suffered by J&K’s unemployed youth had taken an alarming turn. “Restoring confidence among our youth is a monumental task. There is no alternative to undertaking this monumental task other than making a sincere outreach to our youth by giving them a sense of ownership. This is missing from the incumbent government’s to-do-list. The absence of any outreach from New Delhi to our youth, and current paralysis in governance are evidenced by the figures and data of Government’s own agencies,” he said.
The rampant disillusionment among J&K youth, Dr Kamal said, draws on many things which include depleting job avenues, widespread unemployment, looming insecurity, and wanton discrimination.
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