Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, Sept 17: Regretting that the congenial atmosphere for a resolution of J&K problem created painstakingly by the previous coalition had been undone, People’s Democratic Party (PDP) patron Mufti Mohammad Sayeed today said striving for power is only one aspect of politics in the State.
Addressing a workers convention in Beerwah constituency today he said while it was a legitimate right of political parties to seek people’s mandate for Government formation the larger issue of bringing a peaceful resolution of Jammu & Kashmir problem cannot be avoided without complicating matters further.
Mufti said it was a painful fact that the atmosphere of trust and reconciliation that had been built to some extent with establishment of communication lines at different levels between India and Pakistan and our State and rest of the country had suffered immensely during the last four years owing to lack of political direction. He said instead of building on those gains the present dispensation had reversed every policy to help its survival. “The trust deficit between the Government and people had increased as a result of maladministration, corruption and breakdown of political contact”, he said.
He said while the State Government has been unable to project the aspirations of people before the Central Government effectively for speeding up resolution process, internally it has resorted to most undemocratic methods to deal with the sentiments of disaffection. Opposition leaders like Syeed Ali Geelani, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, Mohammad Yaseen Malik, Shabir Shah, Nayeem Khan and other Hurriyat leaders are caged and prevented even from offering prayers, he said.
The PDP patron recalled that PDP led regime in the State had streamlined functioning of the Government by bringing total transparency and accountability in the Governance. “There was no pick and choose policy during PDP led regime,” he said, adding that all the regions and sub-regions were being treated equally during his tenure as the chief minister.
Mufti, however, regretted that the present dispensation has failed to bring transparency and accountability in the Government and the regime has been adopting pick and choose policy in sanctioning funds for developmental activities. He especially mentioned that instead of treating all regions equally, the Government was discriminating different areas in allotting funds for developmental activities on the basis of political affiliations of the people.
Speaking on the occasion, Molvi Iftikhar Hussain Ansari, the PDP vice president said that it seems the State Government is on holiday as the Ministers are busy enjoying personal luxuries in foreign countries. “Currently four including three senior Ministers along with their staff are on foreign tour to USA, Sri Lanka, England and other countries. But enjoying personal luxuries at the cost of State exchequer has reached to a ridiculous level because of the present Government,” Ansari said.
Senior PDP leader and former Minister for Finance Tariq Hamid Karra, while pointing towards rampant corruption in the State, regretted that present regime had crossed all limits as far as corruption, favoritism and nepotism is concerned.
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