BSP leader Surinder Ch joins party
Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, June 18: Patron of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) Mufti Mohammad Sayeed today said his party, through its convictions, had created an atmosphere for initiating bold Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) which ultimately led to restoration of peace in the whole Indian sub-continent. He said that it was result of the visionary policies of the PDP that successive Governments at New Delhi had endorsed whatever steps the previous PDP led regime had taken for restoring peace in this region.
Mufti was addressing a rally to welcome state general secretary of BSP Surinder Choudhary in the party. Choudhary, a veteran trade union leader, today joined PDP along with hundreds of his supporters in an impressive function. Choudhary had contested last Assembly election from Nowshera Assembly segment and had secured more than 12,000 votes.
Mufti said that despite having just 16 MLAs in 2002, PDP had changed political discourse of the State and restored dignity and honour of the people of Jammu and Kashmir. “It was result of our convictions that successive Governments at New Delhi supported whenever steps we had taken during our tenure”, he said and reminded that previous NDA regime headed by Atal Behari Vajpayee and present UPA Government headed by Dr Manmohan Singh have endorsed PDP’s view points on Kashmir.
He further said that his party has pioneered a political and economic agenda to establish sustainable peace in the subcontinent and to fulfill the wishes and aspirations of all regions and sub-regions of the State. He especially mentioned historic rally of former Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee at Srinagar was turning pointing in improving relations between India and Pakistan.
“Establishing lasting peace and to consolidate the reconciliation process is on the top of the agenda of PDP “, he, adding “our party, through its pro-peace policies, has consolidated reconciliation process and facilitated the efforts of establishing peace in this region”.
“Attaining power is not the only aim of PDP. We, with the support of the people, want to change the present ineffective system”, he said and added that it was aim of the PDP to establish a system where every sections of the society would get equal opportunities of development and upliftment. “During our short tenure we had proved how to bring transparency and accountability in the governance”, he reminded and added that that during PDP led regime more than 70,000 Rehbar-e-Taleem (ReT) teachers were appointed.
Similarly more than 30,000 Anganwari workers were also appointed but not even a single case of favouritism and nepotism was highlighted. “We institutionalized the recruitment process to ensure that only deserving and meritorious candidate should be recruited”, he said.
Pointing towards totally collapsed power system in the State, he reminded that with same infrastructure, PDP led regime had provided uninterrupted power supply to the people. “During our regime Baglihar project was not commissioned but we provided uninterrupted power to the commoners”, he said and exhorted the workers to agitate for their rights.
Terming PDP as a movement to change destiny of the people, Mufti said that his party has emerged as strong and credible voice of the people of Jammu and Kashmir because common masses have faith on this party. “The pro people visionary agenda of the party is formulated by incorporating wishes and aspirations of all sections of the society and we never compromised with our agenda for attaining power”, he said and reminded when PDP-Congress coalition was formed in 2002, PDP’s agenda was prominently incorporated in the Common Minimum Programme (CMP) of the Government.
Mufti, while lambasting the coalition regime for undermining democratic institutions like Panchayats and civic bodies, said that Government was delaying elections of the urban local bodies just to appoint people through backdoors. “I failed to understand why this regime is not conducting elections of urban local bodies”, he said and regretted that Government has been depriving people of their democratic rights just to accomplish its nefarious designs of appointing people through backdoors.
Speaking on the occasion, Surinder Choudhary said that his joining PDP was home coming. He said that visionary agenda of PDP was the only practical and viable solution of all problems of the State. He said that Mufti Mohammad Sayeed as Chief Minister of the State had showed the others how to rule the State. He assured PDP leadership that he would work with dedication to spread message of party. He said that he has decided to join PDP due to the visionary policies being propagated by the party.
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