Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, Nov 5: Ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s scheduled visit, a Valley-based business amalgam, Kashmir Economic Alliance (KEA), today urged Chief Minister Mufti Muhammad Sayeed to take strong position for region’s economy and extract tangible economic benefits from the visit.
In a statement here, the KEA chairman, Showkat Mohammad Chowdhary said PM had visited Kashmir last time and returned back only to disappoint Kashmiris. “But now as much hype has been given to massive economic package that Prime Minister is going to announce in Srinagar, we hope his announcements would not disappoint Kashmiris. Mufti Sahab should also take strong position for Kashmiris who have voted him to power,” he said.
He urged Mufti not to “show slackness in demanding maximum economic packages” from New Delhi. “We are tax payers and have been disciplined businessmen despite facing severest problems. New Delhi is duty-bound to lift economic sectors in Valley. Our State should not be taken at par with other states nor should it be considered like them. The State especially Kashmir is a land-locked region which should for which Central Government should go extra mile,” said KEA Chairman.
The KEA chairman threatened to launch protests if Modi ‘disappoints’ people this time. “If people are disappointed again, they will come out on streets,” he cautioned.
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