Excelsior Correspondent
ANANTNAG, Apr 17: National Conference today said that PDP’s sellout and recurring ideological U-turns had pushed Kashmir into the throes of instability and turmoil as thousands of young men stood disenchanted and pushed into a corner.
Addressing the Party’s South Zone meeting at Anantnag today, senior National Conference leader and Party’s South Zone president, Sakina Ittoo said the deteriorating law and order situation and the unabated spate of civilian killings was a manifestation of PDP’s politics of deceit and rank opportunism.
The meeting which was attended by senior NC leaders, legislators and office bearers included Sakina Ittoo, MLA Pahalgam Altaf Kaloo, MLA Homshalibug Abdul Majeed Bhat (Larmi), Peerzada Ghulam Ahmed Shah, Ghulam Nabi Ratanpuri, Dr Bashir Ahmed Veeri, Mohiuddin Mir, Dr Shafi Syed, Imran Nabi Dar, Safdar Khan and others.
“Bloodshed in the Valley since the past three years has failed to awaken the sleeping conscience of PDP as it continues to hold on to power at great costs to the State’s stability and peace. This is the same party that sought votes to keep BJP out of power and then went on to create false moral smokescreens to sell the 2014 mandate to the BJP. Every single promise made by PDP ahead of the 2014 elections and then in their ‘Agenda of the Alliance’ stands broken. PDP has shattered the faith that it had sought from the people in 2014 and is the primary culprit in pushing young boys towards violence and turmoil”, Sakina Ittoo said while addressing the meeting.
She also expressed anguish over the horrific rape and murder of an eight year old child in Kathua and said this too, was a matter of shame for the PDP. She said PDP’s complete surrender and appeasement has emboldened those divisive forces who want to pitch people of one region and religion against people of another region and religion. This alliance has created an unprecedented wedge between Jammu and Kashmir regions for vested interests.
The NC leaders and legislators conducted an extensive review of the organizational initiatives and activities of the party and asked the party functionaries to continue reaching out to the youth and engage them towards the goal of ridding the State of the menace of opportunism, corruption, nepotism and injustice.
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