Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, Nov 24: The Jammu and Kashmir National Conference Additional General Secretary, Dr Sheikh Mustafa Kamal today said BJP and its ilk were creating bogus narrative on J&K’s constitutional status by employing partisan, foolishly abusive and sinister statements to distraught history of J&K.
“The very new chapter which BJP claims to be a new chapter in the history of J&K itself began with lies,” he said while taking exception to the absurd statement emanating from BJP on the restoration of Articles 370, 35-A.
“People of the country were told that Articles 370,35-A were impeding the growth and development of J&K. The Niti Aayog reports suggested otherwise. Our state was doing better on nearly all HDI indices and in the field of development and basic infrastructure it was walking shoulder to shoulder with various other states,” said the NC leader.
Contrarily, he added, since the state was unilaterally, and unconstitutionally downgraded to UT and shorn of its constitutional status, thing have turned really bad.
“The much touted and blabbered development, employment extravaganza and governance are nowhere perceptible on ground. On the contrary, GOI has plunged the entire region of Jammu, Kashmir and Ladakh into chaos and uncertainty. The rampant administrative inertia, development deficit, widespread unaccountability, rising rates of unemployment, agricultural distress, crumbling tourism have become new normal in this part of the world,” he said.
Claiming that people in all the regions are all out for PAGD led by Dr Farooq Sahib, Sheikh Mustafa Kamal said that the alliance is seeking what is there in the constitution of the country and was accorded to the people of J&K as a solemn pledge by the founding fathers of this nation. “It is the Team B of BJP and its ilk which want the people to tradeoff their self respect but history bears testimony that the people of J&K have never let anyone to fiddle with their priced self-esteem,” he said.
Without naming Apni Party, the NC leader also lambasted those saying that they would strive for what is achievable and asking people of J&K to look beyond Articles 370 and 35-A. “These are articles of faith for us all. It might seem unachievable to them to have the rights restored back as they get their sustenance from BJP; for us in PAGD we will persistently and doggedly strive to achieve that end,” he said.
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