NC-Cong alliance symbolises deceit, treachery in J&K, alleges PDP

Srinagar, Mar 24: Accusing National Conference (NC) president Dr Farooq Abdullah and working president Omar Abdullah of being the main reasons behind the mess in Jammu and Kashmir, ruling People's Democratic Party (PDP) today alleged that the NC-Congress alliance symbolises deceit and treachery in the state.

“The alliance has always brought miseries and added to the sufferings of people. The history is testimony of the fact that the coalition of the two parties has never done any good for the state of Jammu and Kashmir,” senior PDP leader and Minister Naeem Akhtar told reports after attending a poll review meeting at the party headquarters here. Asserting that the leadership of NC-Congress have understood that they cannot stand alone against PDP, he said the two parties are down and out. “They are just trying to hoodwink the people with their utterances and political drama as they are fighting the battle for their survival,” he said. He said this was not for the first time Dr Abdullah was seeking mandate from this parliamentary constituency.

“In fact Dr Farooq and his son Omar Abdullah have made their political debut from this constituency and made it as a stepping stone for getting ministerial berth in New Delhi. “I will be happy to known if the duo can pinpoint a single major intervention they have made in this parliamentary segment which may be seen as their contribution as a public representative in the parliament,” he added. Responding to a question, Mr Akhtar alleged the moral stand that Dr Farooq Abdullah, the alliance candidate for bypolls, is trying to take on Kashmir today doesn’t stand anywhere because whatever problem Jammu and Kashmir was facing today was the outcome of his party and the Congress handling better part of last 60 years of governance in the state. “If we feel that we are disempowered today it is because of their politics and policies.

These two parties and the leadership are the real architects and implementers of this,” he said, adding that whenever the two came together the main aim was to gain power. “Whenever they formed an alliance they brought miseries and added to the sufferings of general masses. In 1987 the two parties fought the elections together and we are still facing the brunt,” he further alleged. Again, Mr Akhtar said, in 2008 when Omar Abdullah took over the reign of power, he had on record said that that he was receiving the state in much better state than his predecessor, did but when he left it in alliance with Congress all the institutions in the state were devastated.

“The present unrest among the masses was the outcome of the policies and programmes the two parties followed during their six years of governance since 2008 reversing all achievements made by PDP led government on the political and development fronts,” he alleged.