GNS SRINAGAR, MAY 15 – Castigating PDP leadership for surviving on falsehood and blame game, Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah Monday questioned this party’s delivery on the promises made to people during its tenure.
“Those (PDP leadership) who raised the slogan of healing touch used maximum force against the people and converted politics into trade”, he said adding that it was PDP regime who at one hand asked the militants to drop guns and talk and on the other blacklisted their relatives for providing passports for Haj.
Addressing a public gathering after inaugurating Hospital building at Rainawari here, the Chief Minister said that adventurism; deceit and converting politics into trade has been the trait of PDP and its leadership since its inception.
Omar Abdullah said that those who are delivering us lectures on issues miserably failed during their time to address public difficulties and work for their redressal. “They traded miseries of people to attain the Chief Ministership of the State”, he said and reminded the PDP Patron of the use of power by him against the people of Kashmir as the then Home Minister through his nominated and trusted man Jagmohan who was the then Governor of the State. “People have not forgotten the massacre let loose on civilian at Gaokadal, Islamia College and other places by Jagmohan under the orders of the then Home Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed”, he said.
“Ask Gorge Farnandes, who is fortunately alive how Mufti manipulated bringing in Jagmohan as the Governor of Jammu and Kashmir to pave the way for him (Mufti) to become the Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir”, he said and give resume of Mufti Mohammad Sayeed’s attempts to scuttle the NC-Congress coalition in 1987.
“He (Mufti) was the person who as PCC Chief tried its best to defeat NC-Congress coalition then. People are witnessed to the fact how he even being the PCC Chief in the State was campaigning for MUF candidates. People are also witnessed to the fact how he traded the chair of Home Minister of India to save his daughter at the cost of the Nation”, he added and said that plain speaking and truthfulness is his and his government’s characteristics.
“We are not making noise over issues but deliver on these through actions”, he maintained and said that 40 bunkers have been removed from Srinagar city alone during the last three years. He said that his endeavours for restoration of peace and amicable addressing of political issues along with equitable and comprehensive development of all the three regions of the State are clear and visible before the people. “They judge us by our actions not hollow slogans and false propaganda”, he asserted.
The Chief Minister said that they (PDP leadership) first confused people through propaganda on holding of panchayat elections but when my government accomplished this historic task with success and full public support, started misinformation against the transfer of powers to panchayats. When we transferred the powers, they (PDP) overnight pretended to be the champions of the interests of residents of Srinagar city and started yet another propaganda regarding neglecting Srinagar. When we presented a long list of people-friendly measures taken by the coalition government and achievements registered on comprehensive development on Srinagar, they started shifting their blames on us”, he said and added that during the tenure of PDP the most sufferers were the people of Srinagar city especially those living in Shaher-e-Khas.
“PDP launched police recruitment through Director General of Police in entire Valley but isolated Srinagar in this case. We made direct recruitments in the city covering seven Assembly Segments recruiting over 2000 youth in Police Department after long period of 22 years. We macadamized the city and launched 10 new bridges at cost of about Rs. 100 crores. Under ERA projects involving Rs. 122 crores have been launched in the city for the development of roads, bridges and water supply schemes”, he said and added that Rs. 38.14 crores Nagar Nagar Tourist Circuit in Shaher-i-Khas has already been taken in hand besides developing Chinar Bagh at Rs. 3.34 crores.
Omar Abdullah said that additional block of Lal Ded Hospital is under construction at Rs. 40 crores while new maternity hospital in Srinagar has been approved at a cost of Rs. 50 crores. He said SKIMS is being provided an amount of Rs. 720 crore for its expansion and upgradation besides upgrading and improving hospitals and health centres in Srinagar. He said that Jawaharlal Nehru Memorial Hospital is being upgraded to the tertiary level and second phase of its expansion has been inaugurated today.
Omar Abdullah expressed dismay over the uncalled for protests by certain groups of employees declaring it totally unnecessary. “Government has all along being employee-friendly. We have fulfilled all demands of the employees including grant of 6th pay commission, its arrears, HRA, DA, etc excepting one of raising the age of retirement by two years which is under the consideration of the government. The decision on this crucial issue is pending as we do not want to debar the educated youth for two years from the opportunity of getting government jobs. However, we have not shelved this demand but we are looking forward for some via media which shall satisfy the interests of both the employees and the educated youth”, he explained.
The Chief Minister also talked about public empowerment through Public Service Guarantee Act (PSGA) and Right to Information Act and said these actions speak loud and clear of the intension of his government to make people powerful enough to question the government and make administration answerable for its every commission and omission.
Speaking on the occasion, Minister for Rural Development, Ali Mohammad Sagar said that PDP leadership have frustrated by witnessing the success of Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah and best delivery of governance by the coalition government.
“They do not like to see peace rooting in the State and development taking place on fast track. This is the reason they invent new methods of false propaganda against the government”, he said and presented the list of achievements registered by the government under the leadership of Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah during the last three years. He said the next three years will witness further improvement and growth on all fronts in the State.
Addressing the gathering, Minister for Health, Sham Lal Sharma said that the government led by Omar Abdullah has flagged health one of the most important sectors in the development policy of the State. He said equal attention is being paid to upgrade and extent health facilities in the State at the basic, secondary and tertiary levels.
The meeting was also addressed by Minister of State for Health, Javid Ahmad Dar.
Earlier, Omar Abdullah inaugurated the extension block of JLNM Hospital consisting of 70-bedded additional wards with facilities for X-ray, CT, USG, TMT, Eco, Memography besides operation theatres, recovery wards and burn care intensive unit.
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