Excelsior Correspondent
KISHTWAR, Oct 12: Former minister and National Conference MLC Sajjad Ahmed Kichloo has described PDP-BJP Government as a non-starter even after crossing the half-way mark, saying the governance is at lowest ebb and development has turned out a distant dream.
“The government is nowhere to be seen on ground”, Sajjad said while addressing a convention here today.
The convention was presided over by the NC Provincial vice president, Qazi Jalal-ud-Din.
He said the impact of the government is zero in rural and remote pockets with infrastructural development and utility services remaining in shambles. “The woes of the people are reflective of the governance deficit”, he said adding that the condition across the state continues to be worse.
He said the PDP and BJP alliance has miserably failed on all fronts, saying every segment of society-youth, farmers, daily rated workers, weaker sections, are feeling huge sense of deprivation and denial.
The former minister, however, gave credit to the ‘North Pole, South Pole”, alliance of succeeding in sowing the seeds of mistrust among different segments of society on the basis of region and religion and generating euphoria on emotive issues. In this context he took a dig at the ruling coalition over BJP’s rants over Article 370 and said the PDP needs to clear its stand on this sensitive issue, which is constitutional guarantee stands like a bridge between Jammu and Kashmir and New Delhi, which can’t be abrogated.
Kichloo dwelt on the problems being faced by the people of the Kishtwar district and said the power and water supply is erratic while the condition of roads has become vulnerable due to negligence thus putting the lives of pedestrians and commuters to grave risk.
Qazi Jalal-ud-Din, expressed anguish over highly dilapidated condition of road network in the entire district, scarcity of quality rations at the CAPD sale outlets and poor health services with most of the health institutions lacking medicines and minimum basic facilities. He lambasted the PDP-BJP government for virtually abandoning the remote and rural areas.
Senior leaders Farooq Ahmed Dev, Tanveer Hussain, Ghulam Qadir and Riyaz Ahmed Bhat also spoke on the occasion.
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