Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, Nov 10: Observing that with the picking up of election fever the defeated political opportunists have resorted to lies and falsehood for hoodwinking public opinion against landmark achievements of the present Coalition Government, the Minister for Finance and Ladakh Affairs, Abdul Rahim Rather today cautioned the people against their mechanisations so that their nefarious designs are thwarted completely.
Addressing a public gathering at Tulsi Bagh today, the Minister asked the people to reject political opportunists who are habitual of exploiting the sentiments of the innocent people on the basis of region and religion to satiate their vested interests. He hoped that the politically matured people of the state will never allow divisive forces to succeed in their game plan and build their castles on the graveyards of innocent people.
He said secular fabric is the hall mark of state’s rich traditions and ethos which has to be preserved and upheld at all costs.
Mr. Rather said last five years report card of the present Government is before the people, who are best judge to gauge its performance on socio-economic and political fronts, adding that progress achieved during last five years cannot be undermined. He said political opponents are basically unnerved with the growing popularity graph of the Coalition Government and its development agenda and so are they desperate to create misunderstanding among the masses by resorting to lies and policy of deceit.
The Finance Minister said that elections are heart beat of democracy and the people have a fundamental right to elect their representatives on the basis of public service rendered by them and the political agenda of concerned parties.
Describing unemployment the most challenging job confronting the Government, Mr. Rather asked the educated youth to change their mindset vis-a-viz self employment culture. He said that though Government is advertising about 70000 more vacancies shortly through different recruitment agencies but the real solution to the unemployment problem lies in the self employment culture.
Mr. Rather also gave a detailed account about the major development initiatives taken up in length and breadth of the Chrar-i-Sharief constituency.
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