Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, Jan 11: Taking a dig at the Government propaganda about its achievements, People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has said the full page advertisement in newspapers claiming credit for development of Srinagar city was ridiculous.
The chief spokesperson of the party Naeem Akhtar said the advertisement thoughtlessly carrying photographs of every body from the PM down to the secretary of a department was not just funny but it rubs salt on the wounds of the people of Srinagar apart from adversely affecting the image of national leadership among the people.
Akhtar said the advertisement has exposed the narrow vision and planning among the leadership of this Government. “No city would project construction of dog kennels to its self respecting citizens as a favour”, he said while reminding that residents of Srinagar were still battling close to one lakh dogs while the Government has been busy working on the kind of breakfast that should be served to the dogs that undergo birth control procedures. This, he said, is happening in a city where five hundred infant deaths were reported from the main children hospital.
Akhtar said even in 21st century, the NC Government was talking of the introduction of traffic lights as an earth shaking intervention though half of them refused to work from the day of their installation. “Development priorities under this Government are dictated either by personal interests of some politicians or the influence of their brokers, agents, fixers and contractors,” he said adding that the NC led Government was once again trying to keep people entangled in issues of lanes, drains and lamp posts.
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