Banihal, Feb 05 (KNS): National Conference District President Ramban Sajjad Shaheen on Monday lashed at Peoples’ Democratic Party for bartering the interests of Jammu and Kashmir for few loaves of power, saying the people were feeling let down both on political and developmental fronts.
“By allowing itself to be an extension of Nagpur in Kashmir, the PDP has betrayed those who voted for it, knowing well the political deception of its leaders in various guises from time to time”, Shaheen said while addressing a day long convention of office bearers and delegates from all over the district.
Shaheen said PDP’s political misadventure has pushed the State in a chaotic situation and unprecedented instability with people feeling sense of alienation and insecurity. He said the political surrender of the PDP to divisive BJP has hugely impacted the governance and in the process development has come to grinding halt. He said the developmental initiatives taken during the tenure of Mr Omar Abdullah as Chief Minister have either been abandoned or are getting least attention. The people, especially those of remote and far-flung areas, were hugely suffering on account of utility services, which are in a highly dilapidated condition, he said, adding that power and drinking water supply is erratic and rations are scare at the sale-outlets.
Referring to the poor health care facilities across the district, Shaheen complained about lack of medicines and diagnostic facilities in the Sub District Hospital Banihal, Emergency Hospital, Ukhrahal and health centres at Ramsoo, Khari, and Neel besides various sub-centres in the Banihal Assembly Constituency.Click Here To Follow Our WhatsApp ChannelSimilar is the situation in other parts of the district, he added.
Shaheen expressed concern over lackadaisical administrative response to the sufferings of people, particularly during the ongoing winter season, as supply position of various essentials got disrupted due to frequent closure of the Highway. “Due to poor representation of the constituency in the highest democratic institution of the state, the problems of the people are not getting adequately highlighted”, he said.
On the occasion, several prominent workers of the Congress, PDP and BJP joined the National Conference and expressed their trust in its policies and programmes. Shaheen and other district functionaries welcomed the new entrants, hoping this will further strengthen the party at grass roots level. He said joining of political activists in the National Conference reflects their growing disenchantment with the ruling dispensation that has miserably failed on all fronts.
Besides district functionaries and delegates, the day-long convention was attended by Block and Halqa Presidents. They highlighted the problems of their areas and castigated the PDP-BJP dispensation for bringing the state to political impasse with divisive forces dividing the people on the basis of region and religion to further their political agenda. (KNS)