Rana slams PDP-BJP for challenging pride, dignity of Kashmiris, Dogras, Ladakhis
REASI: National Conference (NC) Provincial President Devender Singh Rana on Sunday slammed PDP-BJP combination for challenging the dignity of Kashmiris, the pride of Dogras and the innocence of Ladakhis to keep their irrelevant dispensation relevant and to relish the loaves of power.
The Provincial President expressed concern over growing intervention of Nagpur in the day to day affairs of Jammu and Kashmir, saying this alarming tendency can have serious ramifications for the unity and tranquility of the State. Rana said that coalition has failed in assuaging urges and aspirations of the people on political front, its record in governance is quite dismal.
"The state is virtually witnessing mis-governance with government nowhere to be seen on ground", he said, adding that if all there is any visibility of the PDP and BJP anywhere in the state, it is for all the wrong reasons of exploiting people and inciting them to fight each other.
"In such a grim scenario, the role of National Conference as a public movement, representing the urges and aspirations of Jammu, Kashmir and Ladakh becomes more pronounced", Rana said and urged the cadre to realize their crucial responsibilities. He said National Conference cannot afford to be a fence sitter when the state remains standing at the cross-roads of its history where the secular credentials, nurtured by Sher-e-Kashmir Sheikh Mohammed Abdullah all his life, are at stake in the wake of elements inimical to amity and tranquility taking center-stage. He made a passionate appeal to the people to maintain vigil against the elements inimical to the inclusiveness of the State.
During the Convention, Tariq Bhat, a prominent activist joined the National Conference. He was profusely greeted by Rana and other senior functionaries who exuded confidence that with his joining the party will become stronger at the grass roots level.
Prominent among those who addressed the gathering were District President and former minister Babu Jagjeevan Lal, Saraf Singh Nag and Me Tariq Bhat