Excelsior Correspondent
KATHUA, Dec 29: Dr Sheikh Mustafa Kamaal, additional general secretary of J&K National Conference alleged that the present ruling coalition of BJP and PDP were hell bent to erode the secular fabric of the State so painstakingly built by National Conference against all odds including the well entrenched groups with communal mindset dating back to bloody and painful days of partition of the Indian Sub-Continent.
“The PDP in now playing the role of a facilitator for the BJP to further erode the autonomy of the State under Article 370 of the Indian Constitution. They have together let loose a reign of terror, death and destruction since they took power the like of which has not been witnessed in the past,” he said while addressing a gathering at village Padyari (Barnoti) in Kathua.
Dr Kamaal extolled the audience to be wary of these forces in and outside the Government and unitedly, under the banner of National Conference, thwart their nefarious designs and exhibit the highest standards of good human behavior. He also appealed to PM Modi not to treat the Kashmir issue as an administrative matter by giving it to the bureaucrats to handle. “It is a political issue of long standing which has not only cost us heavily in terms of death and destruction and precious resources but has bedeviled relations with our neighbor further compounding the miseries of the people of J&K State especially along the borders,” he said and added that it was high time for the Modi Govt. to “bite the bullet” as rightly said by Dr Karan Singh, the scion of the erstwhile Dogra ruler. Repeated pleas in this direction by Dr Farooq Abdullah have been ignored and any further delay in this behalf would cast a shadow on the secular fabric and democratic credentials of India, he further said.
Dr Kamaal told the audience to strengthen National Conference at all levels by upholding its lofty ideals and cherished values of communal and social harmony.
Others, who spoke on the occasion, included Thakur Kashmir Singh (ex-MLC), Sagar Chand (ex-MLA), Shyam Narayian Mehta, Som Raj Taroch, Harjeet Singh and Karam Din Chopra.
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