PDP names for parliment election Mehbooba to fight from Islamabad, Karra from Srinagar GK NEWS NETWORK Srinagar, Nov 21: The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) president Mehbooba Mufti has been nominated as the partys candidate for Anantnag (Islamabad) parliamentary constituency while the senior party leader and former finance minister Tariq Hameed Karra will fight on the partys ticket from Srinagar parliamentary constituency. This was announced here Thursday by the party patron Mufti Muhammad Sayeed at meetings of the senior leaders, legislators and party functionaries of the two constituencies. The names of candidates for Baramulla and Ladakh constituencies are expected to be announced later. Addressing the meetings, Mufti said PDP is aiming at bringing the change in the entire political scenario and the administrative system in the state which have been marked by uncertainty and injustice ever since independence. He expressed confidence that the change will begin taking place with the elections to the Lok Sabha. Mufti said democracy is the only way that provides resolution to problems and it is unfortunate that in Jammu & Kashmir every other method of dubious merit has been tried but democratic processes were always subverted. He said it was with the arrival of the PDP that the institution of MLA as a peoples representative came under focus for the first time. Their voice mattered and as a consequence, people started having expectations from them. But this also introduced a positive element of public scrutiny, performance audit and accountability of peoples representatives, Mufti said and added it is because of these new factors in state politics that helped people to use their option in electing right candidates. The phase of political monopoly is over and that is a major corrective in our political system, said Mufti. About the importance of members sent to the Parliament, Mufti said the people of the state have now an opportunity and a challenge to utilize the next Lok Sabha elections for making the rest of the country aware of the problems that we face and secure our rights as a special status state within the union. He said till now the MPs elected by the people here have generally being subsumed by electoral politics of the ruling parties but now the PDP will try to send with the support of the people strong, sincere and dedicated persons to the highest seat of democracy in the country so that our voice is heard with respect. Mufti said people of the state have now a very clear and easy choice to make between parties while they exercise their right to vote. He said the present government has proved to be the worst enemy of the people of the state. While corruption is rampant, the lust for money and luxury has resulted in a total collapse of the system and institutions, he said. He said even an institution like BOPEE, which deals with the careers and destiny of hard-working young boys and girls, has not been spared. The dreams of these youngsters have been snatched and their hardwork sold for money by an insensitive and callous government which is becoming more and more criminal in its conduct, Mufti said. He said this government has made things very difficult to retrieve even for a new dispensation that might succeed them. While development process has almost stopped the political narrow mindedness of the present government has increased alienation to unprecedented levels. Institutions of transparency like the Accountability Commission, Information Commission and Vigilance Organization have been made ineffective. He said the J&K Bank, which is a shining example of government and private participation and served as an effective source for funding state developmental projects too has been taken out of the development process of the state by discontinuing it as the state banker. On the occasion senior party leaders Tariq Hameed Karra, abdur Rehman Veeri, Abdul Gaffar Sofi, Muhammad Sartaj Madni, Muhammad Khalil Bandh, Syed Bashir Ahmad, Zahoor Ahmad Mir, Syed Basharat Bukhari, Qazi Muhammad Afzal, Peerzada Mansoor Hussain, Rafi Ahamd Mir, Dr Muhammad Shafi, Mushtaq Ahmad Shah, Naeem Akhtar, Syed Muhammad Altaf Bukhari, Nizamudin Khatana, Peer Muhammad Hussain, Muhammad Ashraf Mir, Saifudin Bhat, Aga Syed Mehmood, Nazir Ahmad Laway, Muhammad Shafi Bandey, Ghulam Nabi Lone Hanjura, Muhammad Khurshid Alam, Abdul Hameed Kosheen, Zaffar Manhas, Abdur Rashid Dar and all zone presidents and others were present.
Posted on: Fri, 22 Nov 2013 09:49:19 +0000
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