Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, July 28: Jammu and Kashmir National Conference today expressed amusement over the recent statement of Mehbooba Mufti on protecting State’s identity as travesty of history, saying that it was her who sowed what the people are reaping now. In a statement, the NC general secretary Haji Ali Muhammad Sagar said the remarks of Mehbooba Mufti on the protection of State’s identity mock the miseries of people which she unleashed on them during her reign in power.
“The undertakings of Mehbooba Mufti on the protection of State’s identity are scornful. We didn’t see her protect the identity of the State when she rolled back the order of hoisting State flag on Government vehicles. Why didn’t she protect the unique identity of our State when the State’s unique constitutional identity was questioned by her former coalition partner in Supreme Court? What good was left in the name of our fiscal autonomy was obliterated during her reign. She was the one who crawled before BJP, when she was just told to bend. It was she who sacrificed the very fiscal autonomy of the State before BJP to ascend the altar of power. When in power she opened the flood gates of the State for BJP and RSS, and now she has the audacity to say that she will protect the States identity,” he said.
Alleging that Mehbooba’s assertions look like post dated cheques of a crumbling bank, Sagar said when enjoying power with BJP, she had no concern for State’s identity, “The detailed response of the State Government to be filled in the Supreme Court on the issue of Art 35-A never got her approval. She had shelved it to save her Government. Moreover no gimmickry can help her gain the confidence of people. She has lost it for all times. If people had trusted her to defend State’s identity she wouldn’t have come third in the Parliament elections. She stands no chance,” he said.
Claiming that people across the State, particularly in Kashmir, were bidding goodbye to PDP’s brand of politics, the NC leader said that PDP is a spent force, the edifice of which has stumbled down under the weight of its own deceit and falsehood.
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