Tinkering with spl status will cast shadow on accession: Farooq

Fayaz Bukhari
Srinagar, Mar 31: National Conference president Dr Farooq Abdullah today said that any attempt to tinker with the special status of the Jammu and Kashmir will cast shadow over the State’s accession with the country.
Addressing a public gathering at Lavaypora in Srinagar, Dr Abdullah said: “The whole scheme of our State’s accession will come under shadow if Article 370 and Article 35 A are fiddled with”.
The former Chief Minister said that the BJP is trying to change the demography of the State. “…we are facing onslaughts from all sides, the RSS-BJP and their cronies in the State are trying their level best to do away with the Art 370, Art 35 A with a sole purpose to change the demography of our State. However, the Parliamentary elections afford us a chance to keep such forces out of power. We should avail this opportunity and not let this pass by us unutilized. The coming generations will never forgive us if we don’t show resoluteness in trouncing the machinations of communal forces that are bend to dissolve our unique identity,” he said.
The NC president, while flaying Prime Minister Modi said that his Government presents a tale of failures and misgovernment. “People have now made it a point to give befitting reply to Modi for his failures and lies”, he said.
He said as the PM has failed to deliver, he is creating war hysteria.”Having failed to deliver on key issues that the country is facing, Modi led BJP Government would create a war like situation in the country to subvert the attention of people from the real issues affecting poor, farmers and the labour class,” he said.
“Today it is an opportune movement to clean the country and the State from the communal yolk. Our fight is with the communal forces. This time you have to cast vote for securing India’s secular visage, and in particular the very identity and integrity of our State”, Dr Abdullah said.
The former CM said that no section of Indian society is happy with Modi, “The farmers, the house wives, the youth; every one of them is feeling betrayed. The farm distress is at all time high. The mothers and sisters across India are finding it difficult to run their households. The situation is no different in Kashmir. The miseries our State is fraught with in terms of unemployment, underdevelopment and insecurity have soared up during the misrule of Modi. What good was achieved by Omar Abdullah led Government in terms of development and peacemaking was put into a chasm. However, it is never late, now that we have witnessed the misrule, corruption and nepotism of PDP-BJP with our eyes we should not let them come close to power corridors. Our vote will decide as to what should be the recourse of our State vis-à-vis development for next half a decade. Besides that a strong voice from Kashmir in Parliament will ensure that our woes are brought before the country,” he said.
Farooq said that Modi Government has not left a legacy but a cautionary message for all times to come. “Now we all have to make it a point to protect the secular disposition of India by sending those people to Parliament which could take the country towards safer shores. This time we should send all NC candidates to Parliament with resounding winning margins.”
Dr Abdullah appealed to the people to strengthen his hands in fighting communal forces in the country. “I am sure that if we forge unity, we won’t let the machinations of our enemies come true. The need of the hour calls for unity”, he said.

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