JAMMU, Nov 5: Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah today hit out at the Opposition People’s Democratic Party chief Mufti Mohammed Sayeed, saying he is fashioned to pretend that he is not power hungry.
“The PDP patron is fashioned to pretend that he is not power hungry. It’s sheer hypocrisy and a blatant lie,” he said without naming the opposition party leader.
The Chief Minsiter was addressing a rally of NC workers at a function held at Sher-e-Kashmir Bhawan here to mark the reopening of bi-ennial ‘Durbar Move’ in Jammu, the winter capital of the state government.
“I am in politics and want power to serve the people, to mitigate their difficulties; satiating their developmental needs, wiping out tears from their eyes and ensuring they enjoy the fruit of prosperous life,” Omar said.
Criticising the PDP for taking out a “so-called” peace march in Srinagar, he wondered why the opposition party came forth after the borders have turned silent.
“Where were they for all these days when our people were getting bullets alongside the IB and LoC,” he asked.
The Chief Minister claimed the PDP has developed a trait of escaping the responsibilities when in power and crying hoarse over the solution of Kashmir issue and repealing of the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) when out of power.
Taking a dig at Mufti Mohammed Sayeed’s claim over solving the Kashmir issue once his party gets 40 Assembly seats, Omar said that he had offered Sayeed the support of his 28 MLA’s to show it happened on ground.
Advicing PDP against indulging in double-speak, Omar said “the people are sagacious enough to read between the lines.”
“They want performance and good governance,” he added.
The Chief Minister said National Conference (NC) does not believe in populism as it prefers to remain out of power rather than giving false hopes to people. “Most of the time our party has remained out of power and we don’t scream, like others do, when out of power,” he asserted.
Omar claimed the achievements and performance of his government during the past five years has been extraordinary.
He urged his party cadres to make people aware about the policies and programmes of the state government at the ground level.
He claimed NC is the only party having presence in every nook and corner of the State.
Omar said his government has completed almost five years and the next over a year is a big challenge to carry forward the mission of transforming the socio-economic scenario in all the three regions with added enthusiasm.
“There are people who want to disturb peace and harmony by creating wedge between different segments of the society and we have to maintain vigil against them,” he said while referring to the post-Kishtwar reaction in Rajouri, Kathua, Samba and Jammu districts.
Omar said his government will alienate such forces and not allow them to vitiate the peaceful atmosphere. (Agencies)
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