Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, Apr 16: People’s Democratic Party (PDP) patron, Mufti Mohammad Sayeed today said that opportunistic alliance between National Conference and Congress has nothing in common except the lust for power and that is why both parties tried to mislead the people without caring for the consequences.
Addressing large number of political workers from Kupwara district who joined the party today, Mufti said the Congress promise of a Union Territory for Ladakh in its local manifesto is an election time gimmick which has been introduced for votes but without realizing that it is constitutionally impossible.
More than 400 political workers belonging largely to the Gujjar community, Pahari section and others joined the party today at Mufti’s Gupkar residence.
PDP’s condidate for Baramulla Parliamentary constituency, Muzzafar Hussain Baig, Abdul Haq Khan, district president and MLA, Mohammad Dilawar Mir, general secretary, Choudhary Zulfikar Ali, MLA, Mian Javaid Nizami, Choudry Nizam-ud-Din Khatana, Deen Mohammad Cheetah, Fayaz Ahamd Mir, Adv Khurshid Ahmad Shah, Mohammad Afzal Wani, Tajir Sayeed and Mohd Maqbool Dar were also present on the occasion.
Mufti said the NC can’t escape its responsibility from the Congress manifesto and it must explain its position as an alliance partner in the UPA.
“On the one hand the NC is shedding crocodile tears about Article 370 and preservation of special status of J&K and on the other hand they are trying to dismember the state and take a territory out of it,” he said and wondered what kind of a preservation of state’s interest the NC is talking about.
He said hoodwinking has been an old tactic of NC to stay in power but it is ridiculous that they still feel that people would trust their word.
Mufti said the NC-led Government has been making fancy claims about all issues but have not been able to bring relief to a single life in the State except enriching their own selves.
He referred to the so-called rehabilitation scheme for those people who had gone across the Line-of-Control (LoC) and said the entire families of the unfortunate men have been deceived and put into all kinds of trouble.
He said the recent incident in which a lady committed suicide because her family like others had been abandoned by the Government after having returned to their homes in search of a dignified life is a stark reminder of how the present Government is playing with the lives of people.
Speaking on the occasion, Muzzafar Hussain Baig said NC had exploited all sections of the society but Gujjar community has been the worst victim of its exploitative policies.
He said the highly self-respected and innocent community was always used to provide audience for the NC leadership to address public meetings and used their votes to come to power and then abandon them.
Baig said if the PDP came to power it would create a ministry specially for the tribal welfare.
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