NC, PDP failed to represent Kashmiris in Parliament: Sajjad

Excelsior Correspondent

People’s Conference Chairman Sajjad Gani Lone addressing party workers during an election campaign rally at Lalpora in Kupwara district on Saturday. —Excelsior/Amin War
People’s Conference Chairman Sajjad Gani Lone addressing party workers during an election campaign rally at Lalpora in Kupwara district on Saturday. —Excelsior/Amin War

Lolab (Kupwara), May 3: Chairman of Jammu & Kashmir People’s Conference Sajjad Gani Lone today said that National Conference and People’s Democratic Party have always stood against Kashmiris in the Parliament.
“It is moral obligation on the elected representatives to articulate the aspirations and grievances their people more effectively in the Parliament. Unfortunately for the decades, the Parliamentarians of NC and PDP have always stood against the Kashmiris in the Indian Parliament or at times prefer to keep mum and let things happen which are against the people of Kashmir,” Lone said, addressing a mammoth gathering in Lalpora Lolab today.
Thousands of youth had converged from different parts of Lolab to join the People’s Conference carvan of change. Lone said the Kashmiri MP’s have not only eroded the credibility of Kashmiris but also bring in hall of shame for its own people. “PDP patron Mufti Mohammad Sayeed justified every atrocity committed on Kashmiris on the floor of Parliament as a Home Minister. He defended the Kunan-Poshpora rape case on the floor of the Parliament.
Omar Abdullah also brought the similar shame to the Kashmiris. He was a Minister in the NDA regime and refused to budge and resign and instead supported the carnage of Muslims in Gujarat. Omar Abdullah justified every atrocity committed on the Kashmiris during his father’s rule in Kashmir,”Sajjad said.
He said the parliamentarians from the rest of India gaze in disbelief as these so- called Kashmiri leaders go against their own people on the floor of the Parliament. “They have never defended the Kashmiris. They never talked about the draconian laws prevailing in Kashmir, in the Parliament.” The PC chairman said the time demands sending new people to the Parliament to put an end to the stigma of Kashmiris bitching off Kashmiris. “Let the people of other States know that Kashmiris can defend their own people with pride,” he said.