Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, Feb 8: National Conference president Dr Farooq Abdullah today hoped that the new Government in New Delhi will hold meaningful and result oriented parleys with Pakistan on the issue of Jammu and Kashmir.
Abdullah speaking at a function at his Gupkar residence in Srinagar said: “I am sure that the new Government at the Centre will open talks with Pakistan. There is no substitute to dialogue. Dialogue is imperative to end the looming uncertainty in Jammu and Kashmir.”
“The need of the hour is to make party stronger at grass roots in order to put up strong front against those forces as are inimical to the State’s special position. I am convinced that the new entrants into our party fold will employ their political acumen to make party stronger at the grass roots,” he said.
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The NC president said that coalition Governments have always proven detrimental to the interests of people. “In order to meet the demands and protect the interests of the State and its people, only a majoritarian Government can provide the necessary impetus. Therefore a stable and strong dispensation is of paramount importance to steer J&K out of the mess created in the past four years”, he said.
“The reason why my Government was able to achieve multi sector development goals was due to the fact that I had a majority in the Assembly. We were able to usher in an era of development from 1996 to 2002 notwithstanding various problems that we were facing then,” he said.
He expressed concern over steep increase in the airfare of airlines operating to and out of Kashmir. “It is reflective of the attitude of the Central Government”, he said.
“I have also impressed upon Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari about the need to upgrade the road connectivity between Jammu and Srinagar,” he said.
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