Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, Apr 19: People’s Democratic Party (PDP) president Mehbooba Mufti has said that the NC rightly feels insecure by the emergence of her party as the first viable alternative to it after decades of a free run on the political scene of the State.
Addressing a number of workers here today, who joined the party, she said even though NC had tried all methods, fair and fowl to prevent any opposition to it but failed in curbing the forces of history.
The workers who joined today were followers of Ab Majid Padder who resigned as vice president of State Congress and joined PDP. On this occasion a noted physician from Manzgam Noorabad Dr Mohd Ayoub who gave up his medical career in Saudi Arabia also joined the party.
Welcoming Mr Padder, Dr Ayoub and the large number of political workers into party fold, Mehbooba said PDP is attracting people from other parties only on the strength of its agenda, its performance in Government and in opposition and the vision and sincerity of its leadership.
She said NC had first felt threatened by the emergence of Congress as viable alternative under the leadership of Mufti Mohammed Sayeed way back in mid eighties. “Rigging in 1987 elections by NC- Congress regime threw the State into the worst phase of its history and resulted in expansion of graveyards and destruction of normal life and peace of ordinary people, she said.
Mehbooba said though things had started to improve under the PDP- Congress coalition but when history repeated it self in the shape of another NC-Congress Government under Omar Abdullah the State faced another phase of destruction, death, corruption and inefficient governance.
On this occasion senior party leader and former Finance Minister Tariq Hameed Qarra, MLA Sofi Ab Gaffar, chief spokesman Naeem Akhtar, district president Nazir Ah Laway, Manzoor Ah Zargar and others were also present.
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