Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, Feb 17: National Conference has ridiculed PDP’s attempts to befool the people by enacting a drama of overnight lack of interest in Government formation in the media. It said that this drama of overnight haughtiness by PDP was just a classic Muftis’ `theatrical act’ in the media to bargain for a six-year CM term for Mufti Sayeed.
In a joint press statement the senior NC leaders Ali Mohammad Sagar, Abdul Rahim Rather, Mohammad Shafi Uri, Chowdhary Mohammad Ramzan, Mohammad Akbar Lone, Mubarak Gul, Mian Altaf Ahmed, Nasir Aslam Wani, Sakina Ittoo, Shameema Firdous and the newly elected legislators of the party lashed out at PDP for insulting the intelligence of the people by assuming its theatrical melodrama in the media.
“PDP has finalized its alliance with the BJP and this became formal and irrevocable with their alliance in the Rajya Sabha polls. Now, the two parties are also jointly contesting the elections to the Legislative Council seats that have fallen vacant. Even the Cabinet portfolios shared between the parties have been finalized and sealed. The only bone of contention between PDP and BJP is on the issue of the Chief Ministerial arrangement and every other pretense by PDP is purely a guilt-laden attempt by Mufti Sayeed to create moral smoke screens to justify the unjustifiable ideological U-turn by the party. PDP should understand that the people of Kashmir are neither naive nor gullible to be misled by these dramas” the joint NC Statement said.
“PDP’s sly drama of suddenly being capricious and haughty and not being interested in Government formation would have been intensely funny if it wasn’t so tragic given the high moral pretensions and sermons of Mufti Sayeed and his party. National Conference chose not to sacrifice its principled stands and ideology for the petty trappings of power and we have been consistent and unambiguous about our stand since the first day. If National Conference wanted to be in the Government, that would have happened. However, NC chose to stick to its ideology and principles. PDP on a diametrically opposite scale epitomized its lack of integrity and dignity by hankering after BJP from day one for making Mufti Sayeed the Chief Minister”.
They alleged that PDP was never concerned about the larger political issues of the State and its people. They are hungry for political power and may use it as a tool of manipulation, corruption and furthering their self interests. The party can stoop to any extent for power. PDP and morality are two diametrically opposite concepts. The party was founded as a bargaining chip by covert forces and bargaining chips don’t have ideologies but roles to play. PDP should now play the role as it was created for in 1996 and stop embarrassing itself by turning into a drama company, the joint statement added.
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