We are deliberately being irritated by power cuts
Fayaz Bukhari
SRINAGAR, Apr 27: National Conference vice-president Omar Abdullah today said he would suggest that the Peoples Alliance for Gupkar Declaration (PAGD) should contest the upcoming Assembly polls in Jammu and Kashmir jointly to keep away BJP and it’s A&B teams.
Omar told reporters on the sidelines of the youth convention of National Conference at Party headquarters, Nawa-e-Subh here today that it is his personal opinion and final decision lies with the PAGD itself.
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“This is my personal opinion. If someone asks me, I would suggest PAGD should go together in the polls ahead to keep BJP and it’s A & B teams away,” he said.
About power cuts in Kashmir during the holy month of Ramadan, Omar expressed his shock. “It seems that we are deliberately being irritated”, he said.
“I wonder why power remains on during the rest of the hours during day and night but not at the time of Sehri and Iftaar. You wake to have Sehri, there is no electricity and same is the case when you have Iftaar. There is no electricity during Taraweeh prayers and when prayers are over, electricity is restored,” he said, adding that “it seems to be a deliberate attempt to disturb the people of Kashmir.”
On the Hijab where one of the schools in North Kashmir has asked girl students not to wear Hijab in schools, he said that it was the religious obligation and nobody has a right to interfere “in our religious matters.”
Earlier, addressing a meet of the YNC functionaries of North Zone, he said that it is because of unconstitutional and undemocratic decisions” taken on 5th of August 2019 that the youth of J&K are struggling with despondency and despair.
“Our youth are being told that NC has made no contributions for the emancipation and upliftment of people in J&K. What changed on August, 5, 2019 were the hard-earned protectionist measures and laws for the preservation and protection of JK’s historical individuality and unique constitutional status. What changed on that day was the vision that made the people of J&K, irrespective of their caste and creed, the masters of their own destiny,” Omar said.
He said that if the youth of Jammu and Kashmir are mired with despondency, it was as a reason of the August 5, 2019 decisions. “Much was claimed while marketing the decisions of August 5, 2019. What happened to those promises? Where are those jobs? Where is that much touted development?” he asked.
Alluding to the pervasive insecurity among J&K youth, he said that the scholars and researchers are being held for their decade old dissertations and research papers. “There is no place for any word, which is even remotely critical of Government policies. Our youth are being intimidated for decade old papers these days. It is the assortment of people’s freedoms that have taken a major hit,” he said.
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