Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, June 12: Apni Party vice president Ghulam Hassan Mir today accused both the ruling National Conference (NC) and opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of neglecting their responsibilities and serving their own interests instead of the public.
Addressing a press conference here, Mir said that when the new government was formed, Apni Party had decided to give it time to perform. “Now it has been eight months-enough time to assess a government’s performance. We held a meeting and decided to begin a district-wide public outreach program,” he said.
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Mir said the people had given NC the mandate to govern and BJP the mandate to act as opposition, but both had failed in their duties. “Those in power have forgotten governance, and those in opposition have abandoned their role. They are busy fulfilling their own interests,” he said.
He warned that if the ruling parties continued to ignore public grievances, Apni Party would take to the streets to remind them of their responsibilities. “The National Conference only acts when their personal interests are at stake-be it MLA salaries, luxury vehicles, or Constituency Development Funds. But when it comes to public welfare-like GPF for employees-the government has no money,” Mir said.
He alleged that the administration has become a “transfer factory” with no clear policy, transferring employees, including casual laborers and Class IV staff, with malafide intent. “The administration is politically influenced and no longer neutral,” he claimed.
Mir questioned the government’s failure to fulfill its promise of providing 1-lakh jobs in six months. “Eight months have passed. Ask them how many advertisements have been issued-not even one,” he said, adding that the government had shown no concern for unemployed youth.
He also demanded a revision of the mineral and reservation policies. “The current mineral policy is against the interests of laborers and poor people. The reservation policy reserves 70% for certain categories and only 30% for open merit. It must be based on economic criteria,” he said.
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