Excelsior Correspondent
Srinagar, Apr 6: National Conference President Dr. Farooq Abdullah today said that PM Modi’s rant of collective development had no place for Kashmiris saying that BJP stands exposed before the people whose miseries know no limits since BJP took the reins of power in Center.
Addressing an election rally at Bugam Chadoora, Abdullah said:”The much touted development agenda of PM Modi was exclusive and had nothing to offer towards the socio-economic emancipation of the people of Jammu and Kashmir. Today people are asking questions from BJP as to why they failed to deliver on the promises made during the election campaign of 2014. Today we see how reluctant PM Modi is to talk about his achievements. Nonetheless if anyone humbly raises a question on the attainments of PM Modi, they are out rightly tainted as anti national”, he said.
The former Chief Minister said that the Constitution of India confers upon its citizenry basic rights. “However since the BJP took the reins of power, our basic rights have faced innumerable assaults”, he said.
Abdullah said that Modi is not willing to give due respect to all communities in India and that his idea of development sans advancement of minorities and other downtrodden people. “Modi’s and Amit Shah’s idea of India is for only the adherents of one particular faith”, he added.
“Had Modi’s idea of development been for all, he would not have shut his eyes on the targeted attacks on our traders, students, and other people putting up across the country following the Pulwama tragedy,” he said.
The NC president said that PM Modi has miserably failed to deliver on the promises he made while canvassing for 2014 elections. Where are the 2 crore jobs? Where is the black money? What good where you able to achieve with demonetization, other than putting the countrymen to unnecessary duress,” he said adding, “PM Modi’s imprudent policies have aggravated every single person in the country.”
Abdullah stressed for India-Pakistan friendship. He said: “India’s development is compliant to a stable and developed Pakistan. Late Vajpayee also thought on these lines, it’s not I who is saying this, Vajpayee also underscored of having affable relations with our neighbor. However PM Modi isn’t thinking on these lines. War in today’s world brings with it plethora of miseries. Both India and Pakistan are nuclear powers; any misadventure in the shape of war will have far-reaching consequences on the people of the two neighboring nations. I hope that the new political dispensation in centre will work towards bringing rapprochement with our neighboring country for the greater good of the people living in the sub-continent. We in our state will benefit the most from the friendship of India and Pakistan.”
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