08-08-2008, 07:50 PM
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<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Beig Delves into History to Absolve PDP
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Srinagar, July 12, KONS: Senior, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) leader Muzaffar Hussain Beig, lashing out at the National Conference, today said that people of Jammu and Kashmir including PDP had once again paid a huge price for NC's follies.
<b>Addressing a daylong session of members of party's general council, Mr Beig said that inauguration of a Saraie at Baltal in 1980 by late Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah and creation of ne board by his son Dr Farooq Abdullah were among the main mistakes committed by NC which generated the recent crisis.
On this occasion, Beig showed the private members bill passed by CPI (M) leader Mohammad Yousf Tarigami and passed by NC during 2000, which provided unlimited powers to ne Board. Mr Beig siad that papers on record reveal that on February 22, 2001 a high level meeting was chaired by the then Governor and attended by the then Chief Minister Farooq Abdullah in which they had agreed in principle that ne Board could exercise administrative and operational control on the stretch between Sangam-Amrawati and the holy cave and then once the Board obtains the necessary funds it will extend its area of responsibility towards Chandanwari and Baltal which constitutes 3600 Kanalas. Therefore, this dream was woven by Dr Farooq Abdullah in 2001, which the former governor S K Sinha wanted to fulfill during his tenure.
Explaining that the only order that coalition government had agreed to, was to give 800 Kanals of land for 45 days on rent, where temporary toilets and other facilities could be provided to Yatris. But unfortunately on the direction of Sinha the former CEO of ne Board, Arun Kumar claimed this temporary rental land as the property of the ne Board. This created apprehensions in the minds of people.</b>
He said that, had Ghulam Nabi Azad done, what PDP had advised, the situation could have been different. But it appeared that Mr Azad wanted PDP out of coalition at any cost, so that he could forge alliance with NC.
Earlier party.president Ms Mehbooba Mufti said that her party is all set to expose and discuss the chain of sequence, which generated outrage across Jammu and Kashmir.Â
Ms Mufti said that taking reins of the State government in 2002 was a crown of thorns coupled with the inherited follies committed by the National Conference leadership in its long 30 years regime. She said that countless blunders of National Conference regime, be it draconian laws like POTA, Special Task Force, corruption and favoritism in recruitment process, and above all the sense of insecurity, the task ahead for her party was tough that too coming with only 16 MLAs and heading the coalition government.
Ms Mufti said that ne Board being one of the follies of NC created in connivance with BJP was to implement the communal agenda of the fascist forces through BJP's blue-eyed person and the former governor S K Sinha. "And unfortunately after the transfer of power Sinha as the governor and chairman of the ne Board acted as a parallel government in close proximity with Ghulam Nabi Azad. Sinha like a politician started criticizing PDP's agenda and proposals, be it withdrawal of troops, duel currency, regional council etc. He also went to the extent of calling PDP as anti national and a supporter of militants," she said.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Beig Delves into History to Absolve PDP
 Â
Srinagar, July 12, KONS: Senior, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) leader Muzaffar Hussain Beig, lashing out at the National Conference, today said that people of Jammu and Kashmir including PDP had once again paid a huge price for NC's follies.
<b>Addressing a daylong session of members of party's general council, Mr Beig said that inauguration of a Saraie at Baltal in 1980 by late Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah and creation of ne board by his son Dr Farooq Abdullah were among the main mistakes committed by NC which generated the recent crisis.
On this occasion, Beig showed the private members bill passed by CPI (M) leader Mohammad Yousf Tarigami and passed by NC during 2000, which provided unlimited powers to ne Board. Mr Beig siad that papers on record reveal that on February 22, 2001 a high level meeting was chaired by the then Governor and attended by the then Chief Minister Farooq Abdullah in which they had agreed in principle that ne Board could exercise administrative and operational control on the stretch between Sangam-Amrawati and the holy cave and then once the Board obtains the necessary funds it will extend its area of responsibility towards Chandanwari and Baltal which constitutes 3600 Kanalas. Therefore, this dream was woven by Dr Farooq Abdullah in 2001, which the former governor S K Sinha wanted to fulfill during his tenure.
Explaining that the only order that coalition government had agreed to, was to give 800 Kanals of land for 45 days on rent, where temporary toilets and other facilities could be provided to Yatris. But unfortunately on the direction of Sinha the former CEO of ne Board, Arun Kumar claimed this temporary rental land as the property of the ne Board. This created apprehensions in the minds of people.</b>
He said that, had Ghulam Nabi Azad done, what PDP had advised, the situation could have been different. But it appeared that Mr Azad wanted PDP out of coalition at any cost, so that he could forge alliance with NC.
Earlier party.president Ms Mehbooba Mufti said that her party is all set to expose and discuss the chain of sequence, which generated outrage across Jammu and Kashmir.Â
Ms Mufti said that taking reins of the State government in 2002 was a crown of thorns coupled with the inherited follies committed by the National Conference leadership in its long 30 years regime. She said that countless blunders of National Conference regime, be it draconian laws like POTA, Special Task Force, corruption and favoritism in recruitment process, and above all the sense of insecurity, the task ahead for her party was tough that too coming with only 16 MLAs and heading the coalition government.
Ms Mufti said that ne Board being one of the follies of NC created in connivance with BJP was to implement the communal agenda of the fascist forces through BJP's blue-eyed person and the former governor S K Sinha. "And unfortunately after the transfer of power Sinha as the governor and chairman of the ne Board acted as a parallel government in close proximity with Ghulam Nabi Azad. Sinha like a politician started criticizing PDP's agenda and proposals, be it withdrawal of troops, duel currency, regional council etc. He also went to the extent of calling PDP as anti national and a supporter of militants," she said.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->