Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, May 26: Senior People’s Democratic Party (PDP) leader and former Deputy Chief Minister Muzaffar Hussain Baig has said that one of the foremost challenges faced by the State is the revival of democratic and statutory institutions which have suffered serious erosion under the present Government.
Addressing a convention of party workers from Batmaloo Constituency today he said the institution of Chief Minister as head of the executive would need a first attention as its prestige has been thoroughly compromised over recent years.
Baig said the State after witnessing the destruction and political turmoil for many years had reposed its thrust repeatedly in the democratic process and had participated in elections to choose their representatives to various institutions like the Parliament, State Assembly, Urban Bodies and Panchayats, but, unfortunately, the NC led Government eroded their credibility.
Referring to the chaos and corruption in the administration Baig said the institutions of probity and transparency established by the previous Government were systematically demolished. He said the State Accountability Commission (SAC) was established only after three years and that too not completely. Its prestige, he said, was diluted by the Chief Minister himself who challenged its authority and eroded its prestige.
“Instead of resorting to litigation the Chief Minister should have set an example by presenting himself for a probe so that his colleagues in the Cabinet too would submit themselves to its authority. If there were any loopholes in the law the Chief Minister should have come to the legislature to address them rather than challenging its jurisdiction”, he said.
Senior vice president of the party, Molvi Iftikhar Hussain Ansari, party general secretary Mohammed Dilawar Mir, MLA Mansoor Hussain, chief spokesman Naeem Akhtar, Syed Mohd Altaf Bukhari, District President and MLC Mohd Ashraf Mir, and several others were also present and spoke on this occasion.
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