Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, July 28: National Conference today lashed out at the Chief Minister for her continued theatrical tendency to lie, deflect responsibility and spread canards as the Head of a Government that remains invisible, ineffective and unmoved by dozens of killings and mass grief in the Valley.
NC provincial president Nasir Aslam Wani said it was ironic and ridiculous that the Chief Minister was terming Burhan Wani’s killing a “coincidence” while simultaneously having released lakhs of rupees as reward money from CM’s secret fund for those who took part in the encounter.
“If Mehbooba Mufti is deluded into thinking that she can try to make a case that she wasn’t aware of the encounter where a special team was dispatched from Srinagar to neutralize Burhan Wani, she is living in her usual fool’s paradise. Sometimes, she says she wasn’t informed of the encounter, and then she discloses it was a ‘coincidence’ only to simultaneously release lakhs of money from the CM’s secret fund as a reward for those who took part in the encounter. This is a cruel joke from a completely clueless CM”, the NC Provincial President said in a statement issued from Party Headquarters in Srinagar.
The NC provincial president also condemned the insensitive and inappropriate statement from DG CRPF that supported the continued use of pellet guns despite their disastrous implications that have resulted in the blinding and maiming of hundreds of young boys and girls in the Valley.
“Are we living in a democracy or are we living in an Orwellian tyrannical system where the security forces and paramilitary forces will decide on policy matters? The Union Home Minister has already failed all expectations in this matter by choosing to not order a ban on pellet guns and now, this has clearly emboldened other voices that remain unmoved at the sight of our blinded young boys and girls”, the NC leader further added.
“The Chief Minister should try to gather at least some leftovers of a sense of responsibility and focus on a systemic, appropriate response. This state of chaos, confusion and deflection of responsibility peppered with daily contradictions that expose the Chief Minister’s hypocrisy cannot be an alternate for governance”, Nasir Aslam Wani added.
“The opposition will continue to highlight the insensitivity, failure and hypocrisy of this Chief Minister and her opportunistic, inefficient Government. All efforts of snooping and gagging are futile”, the NC Provincial President further stated.
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