Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, July 12: Ridiculing the boast of Omar Abdullah that he would empty the coffers of the State on the welfare of people, People’s Democratic Party (PDP) today said it comes as a joke at a time when there is hardly anything in the treasury to spend.
Senior PDP leader and Member of Parliament (MP), Muzzafar Hussain Baig in a statement here said the National Conference (NC) is busy employing the same old tricks bringing permanent destruction of the system and frustration among the people, in order to gain some votes.
“The job bonanza announced everyday by the Government and promise of foundation stones comes at an immense cost to the system as even the existing employees do not get salaries for months and casual, seasonal and daily rated workers are paid if at all token amounts once or twice a year,” he said.
Baig said projects started by previous Government have been almost shelved as a result of delayed execution and cost over runs. Similarly, Centrally sponsored schemes and projects under State plan have badly suffered with the State losing enormous amounts under both because the capacity of the Government under Omar Abdullah has shrunk drastically, with resources worth thousands of crores surrendered each year, added Baig.
Referring to the media reports, Baig said the treasuries across Kashmir are having liabilities of more than Rs 400 crores affecting Government employees, pensioners and contractors. “In such a grim financial situation the phony announcements about spending fortunes on people sounds comic,” he added.
He said the faith PDP was able to restore in the recruitment process after 2002, where merit was the only consideration for selection, the NC-led Government, through its brazen frauds and murky money dealings, has again made the whole system suspect.
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