Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, Sept 15: The Pradesh Congress today questioned the existence of Government in J&K and compared the situation in the State to that of 1990s, when militancy was at its peak.
Talking to newspersons at the sidelines of a party function here today PCC chief G A Mir said, “The situation is very bad. There are many problems right now. Whether you see from the court’s reference (beef ban case)… What is that? It is polarisation. Whether you see the expectations of the people who thought they will benefit, (but) they have got nothing”.
“This seems to be like a no-man’s land. We do not understand who runs the Government and from where it is run? Where is its remote control? We are trying our best to find the remote control of this Government, but we have not found that yet,” the PCC chief maintained.
Mir said the current situation in the State was the biggest concern for the people and the issue was above political considerations.
“This (the present situation) is our biggest concern. See, the main concern of any Government, whether of the State or the Central, should be the security of the people.
But no one is taking any responsibility of the uncertainty in the minds of the people that the situation is similar to 1990s. Bodies are lying on roadsides but neither the Government nor the civil society takes any responsibility of those.
This kind of situation was never there (before). Yes, the incidents happened, but there used to be visibility about who the people were (behind the attacks).
“So, this is the biggest concern for all of us above political lines. All those people who voted, whether for the parties in the Government or in opposition, are concerned about the situation,” he said.
The Congress leader said his party would raise the issues concerning the people of the State in the Assembly.
“Then there are issues with ration distribution, inflated electricity bills and unemployment. We will highlight all these,” Mir said.
Earlier, addressing party workers, Mir said there was an urgent need of comprehensive relief package for them but that has not been done so far.
Accusing Coalition Govt for not being serious about the problems confronting flood affected traders, businessmen in absence of a comprehensive relief package, PCC chief hit out at PDP- led coalition for doing only paper work in this regard. He said the meeting between RBI Governor and Chief Minister is not going to yield any results, as such meetings were held in recent past also.
Congress Party represents aspirations of people in all the three regions of the State, having always worked for strengthening the masses, it (Congress) has never compromised on the issues confronting people and did everything for the development of the State and strengthening the people, PCC chief said .
While expressing anguish over the present prevailing circumstances arising out of the misrule by PDP BJP Coalition in the State, he said people have started realizing that State Govt is being run from outside, not by the PDP BJP Coalition.
Those who addressed the gathering included MLC Gulam Nabi Monga, MLA Haji Abdul Rashid Dar, Amreen Badre, Faroo Andrabi, Gulam Nabi Mir Lasjan, Surinder Singh Channi, Shameema Iqbal and others.
Later, accompanied by senior party leaders. Mir went to Partap Park to meet protesting NYC workers and extended them full support in their struggle.
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