Excelsior Correspondent
KUPWARA, Nov 25: Chief Minister and National Conference working president Omar Abdullah today lashed out at the separatists accusing them of dragging the youths towards darkness.
“The children we intend to equip with pen and pencil are being offered gun and ammunition’’, Omar said, adding that no body would be allowed to put future of the children into jeopardy.
Addressing gathering of Panchayat members at Kupwara, Handwara and Langate today in North Kashmir, Omar said that more than 500 youth have returned to their homes in recent months from across the Line of Control (LoC).
“The Government along with some NGOs was exploring every possibility to help the youth settle down and live a prosperous life’’, he added.
Dispelling the false propaganda of PDP leadership against the Coalition Government as sheer frustration of the party, Chief Minister Omar said that thriving on blame game and pasting their own wrong doings and short comings on others has remained PDP’s trait.
“I have told you that for power sake they can go to any extent, circulate hatred, wage apart the society, use even people’s miseries and even gun culture simultaneously to put the State on fire”, he said, adding that people have witnessed these attempts and this characteristics of PDP and its leadership time and again. “They cannot astray and fool people again and again”, he asserted.
“They (PDP leadership) are presently shedding crocodile tears to pretend that they have concern for Panchayats, when actually they opposed tooth and nail holding of Panchayat elections in the State raising different speculations and advocating various reasons”, he said and questioned how PDP could be friend of Panchs and Sarpanchs when it (PDP) was against their very existence and tried its best to derail the Panchayat election process?
The National Conference working President told Panchs and Sarpanchs to beware of the politicking of PDP leadership in the name of Panchayats.
Omar said those (PDP leadership) who talk of democracy today damaged the institutions during their tenure and made them non-functional. “Those (PDP leadership) who talk of RTI Act now, did not allow J&K State Information Commission to be created during their time. They made Accountability Commission dysfunctional and torpedoed every institution functioning in the State for bringing in transparency in Government functioning”, he added.
The NC working President said that his Government took path breaking measures to make transparency rule the roost, bring the Government functioning under full public scan, empowered people to receive public services in a time bound manner, authorised common man to ask questions to administration on every issue besides bringing Chief Minister and Ministers under the preview of Accountability Commission.
Omar said that his Government constituted State Information Commission, reconstituted Accountability Commission, implemented Public service Guarantee Act, established Panchayat Raj system, made e-tendering and e-procurement compulsory for Government Departments, and made 3rd party monitoring of projects permanent feature for transparency. “They (PDP leadership) cannot wipe out these historic initiatives of good governance implemented by the Coalition Government, by unleashing false and baseless propaganda against NC-Congress Government”, he said, adding that the performance of the coalition is glaring and cannot be eclipsed by the falsehood propagated by PDP against the NC-Congress Government.
“This party’s (PDP) report card is so dim and dark and full of anti-people commissions and omissions, that they feel embarrassed when look towards it as such indulge in blame game and false propaganda”, he said and asked Panchs and Sarpanchs to vote enemas in favour of NC-Congress joint candidates to help flourish Panchayat Raj in the State and empowerment of Panchs and Sarpanchs.
Omar said that PDP has become highly frustrated by the friendly ties between Congress and National Conference. He said that the holistic progress that has been achieved on both peace and development fronts and the status of inclusive and equitable development in the State achieved by the Coalition Government during the last about four years has also un-nerved PDP, as such, this party leadership has unleashed propaganda to survive. He said they try their best to damage NC-Congress bond but have failed. “You have to fail them again by showing unity at all levels”, he told NC-Congress workers and Panchs and Sarpanchs in these meetings.
On the empowerment of women, the Chief Minister said that Coalition Government provided quota to women in Panchayat institutions and paved way there empowerment. He said representation of women in these institutions will help involve women in the welfare of the State particularly those of women. He said Coalition Government is keen to the upliftment of women along with men and various measures taken in this regard.
Minister for Rural Development, Ali Mohammad Sagar, Minister of State for Home, Nasir Aslam Wani and legislators Ch. Mohammad Ramzan and Mir Safullah also spoke in these meetings.
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