Centre’s policies vitiated atmosphere in J&K: Azad

SRINAGAR: Holding the wrong policies adopted by the Central Government responsible for the situation in valley, the Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha and Former Chief Minister Gulam Nabi Azad on Tuesday said the people in the country and State will never forgive BJP for vitiating the atmosphere in Jammu and Kashmir.

Azad also said the people have realised "political opportunism" of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his "lies and deceit" cannot save the "sinking ship" of the Bharatiya Janata Party.

In an election rally in south Kashmir's Anantnag Lok Sabha constituency, Azad also alleged that the BJP has not been able to fulfil any of the promises made in the 2014 election campaign and that the party after coming to power, has destroyed the constitutional fabric of the country.

Azad reiterated his appeal to people to rise to the occasion to defeat the designs of Centre, and said that people in the entire country have suffered immensely due to the approach & wrong policies adopted by Centre Government.

“The wrong policies adopted by the Central Government are responsible for the deteriorating situation in Kashmir valley. The developmental scenario in the State has suffered immensely due to the arrogance of the Centre.

“The people in the country and State will never forgive BJP for vitiating the atmosphere,” Azad said.

“Mere tall claims, false slogans, frivolous propaganda in order to gain electoral mileage will not deter the masses from ensuring defeat of BJP, the ensuing elections were the best opportunity for the people to give a befitting reply to Saffron Party and to teach it a lesson for failing people on all counts, besides making them fool on various developmental schemes, which have actually not happened during the five years misrule of Narendra Modi,” he said.

"PM Narendra Modi's lies and deceit will not save the sinking ship of the BJP, as the people have realized the exploitation and political opportunism on the part of the outgoing prime minister," Azad said.
"Never in the history have four senior judges of Supreme Court come out and said that democracy was in danger in the country," he said.

Azad said the Centre over the past five years has filled up independent constitutional institutions and academic institutions like universities with people from the RSS.

"RSS people are handpicked and placed in independent institutions or appointed as vice chancellors. This is what is called dictatorship," he said.

Azad was campaigning for Congress candidate for Anantnag Lok Sabha seat Ghulam Ahmad Mir, who is taking on PDP president Mehbooba Mufti.

Former High Court judge Justice (retired) Hasnain Masoodi is contesting on a National Conference ticket while the BJP has fielded Sofi Yousuf from the constituency where polling will be held in three phases on 29 April (Anantnag), May 3 (Kulgam) and 6 May (Pulwama and Shopian districts).

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