Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, June 21: Apni Party Senior Vice President Ghulam Hassan Mir today urged the Centre to engage with the people of Jammu and Kashmir to build mutual confidence and trust.
Talking to media on the sidelines of the party’s district workers’ convention in Kupwara, Mir alleged that the ruling party in J&K misled the people during its Assembly election campaign by making promises about goals that were actually unachievable.
“They (NC) had told people that after forming the Government, they would restore the abrogated Article 370. They also claimed that they would restore statehood. Have they achieved these goals? They misled the people with such slogans and promises. Unfortunately, the people are also at fault for placing their trust in those promises,” he said.
He went on to say, “They even failed to fulfill those promises that were within their control and authority. They had promised to provide 200 units of free electricity to consumers. However, they ended up offering it only to households under the AAY category, a small minority. Moreover, they included their own workers in the AAY category before granting 200 units of free electricity to that group.”
Ghulam Hassan Mir said that the Apni Party had not spoken against the Government so far because they wanted to give it some time to fulfill its promises. “But now, nine months down the line, we see that this Government has failed completely. We, as an effective opposition, are now becoming the people’s voice by identifying the shortcomings of the Government. This is our role, and we will play it effectively for the larger interest of the people,” he said.
On the claim of dual power centres in J&K, Ghulam Hassan Mir said, “We are governed by the Constitution, which defines the powers of the Lieutenant Governor and the Chief Minister. Furthermore, those who are running the Government today had once claimed that they would not contest elections because elected Governments in UTs do not have much power. This clearly indicates that they were already aware of the limited powers of an elected Government in a UT,” he said.
Apni Party Chief Spokesperson Muntazir Mohiuddin, President of party’s Youth Wing Yawar Mir, District President Raja Manzoor, Spokesperson Ishrat Bhat and others also addressed the convention.
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