Excelsior Correspondent
BEERWAH, Dec 19: Former Chief Minister and National Conference working president Omar Abdullah on Saturday said PDP wanted to force people of the State into submission by depriving them of bare minimum ration under the garb of implementing the National Food Security Act (NFSA) in the State.
During a tour of various areas of his Beerwah constituency, Omar Abdullah said the ration crisis had been perpetuated by PDP to arm-twist people into compliance after widespread anti-incumbency and discontent due to the PDP-BJP Government’s total failure.
“People in every village and town are suffering due to an intentional persecution that has been unleashed to quell extensive political opposition to PDP’s U-turns and sell-outs. It was no secret that the NFSA was going to deprive lakhs of our people of ration and reduce the allocations for lakhs of others,” Omar alleged and reiterated that as the Chief Minister, he had opposed the implementation of the NFSA in J&K despite frequent demands by then alliance partner Congress.
“How could Mufti Sahab not know that the implementation of the Act in J&K would lead to such injustice with lakhs of souls? Everyone knew it. The fact that this Act was still implemented in the State proves that this is an intentional move to persecute the people. This is PDP’s way of asking the people to fall in line, “the NC working president further said.
Omar alleged that the PDP-BJP Government had pushed the State into the abyss of unprecedented misgovernance and corruption, a situation that could have far reaching implications on peace and stability in the region. “Misgovernance of this extent and with such pervasiveness comes with a risk of discrediting institutions of democracy and governance- which would be a terrible cost to pay for a State which has emerged from an extensive period of turmoil and strife,” he said and added that the dividends of peace and development that were achieved through sustained political efforts were not being built on.
During the visit, Omar inaugurated a free Medical Camp at Gundipora, Beerwah and also donated an ambulance to Primary Health Center (PHC) Gundipora. Expressing serious concern at the alleged collapse of the Health Department in the State, Omar said that the hospitals were running out of medical supplies and essential medicines while the Government was rather focused on humiliating and hounding doctors and senior administrators into forced resignations.
The NC working president also addressed workers’ conventions at Gundipora and Wanihama. He was accompanied by his political secretary Tanvir Sadiq, senior NC leader Professor Abdul Majeed Mattoo, Mirwaiz Central Kashmir Molvi Abdul Latif and others. At Meerpora, Wanihama, Omar released an amount of Rs 4.5 lakh for developmental works in the area.
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