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On hoisting of the tricolour at Lal Chowk on Republic day, Mehbooba said it is a fixed match between BJP and ruling National Conference, as the BJP wants media hype.
"It is a fixed match between BJP and National Conference. They have been partners before and they are helping out each other now," she alleged.
"We thought steps will be taken to implement the eight point package announced by the Centre but the situation on the ground has worsened. The main point in the package was the release of political leaders and students but while those arrested continue to be in jails, more people are put behind bars every day.
“This was also to protest the non availability of cooking gas, kerosene and other essential commodities and to demand return of the power generation projects from the NHPC that had been gifted by the National Conference from time to time to the central government in order to secure its rule”, PDP Presedent said.
In her brief address to the workers Mehbooba lamented the failure of the state government on all fronts that had added only miseries to people and reversed all gains the state had made on political and development fronts. She said her party had deliberately adopted a low profile over the past three months in the hope that the state government would have learnt some lessons from its tragedy on all fronts that had resulted in unprecedented alienation and loss of precious 112 lives.
She said the party had also been watching the situation in the light of the 8 point agenda announced by the union government as a guide to the state and had hoped some relief would be provided to common man. “But the so called agenda proved yet another cruel joke that was implemented only in breach” she said adding instead of releasing the youth and political detainees more and more were being arrested.
Mehbooba said the power crisis represented a colossal failure of the government that had affected all sections of society. “We believe power is a fundamental right of the people especially in extreme climatic conditions as life these days is completely dependant on electricity and had ensured regular supply during the previous coalition” she said pointing out it was for the first time in state’s history that a decent level of supply had been ensured. She said it seemed spreading darkness is the only policy that the NC pursues with effect otherwise it was inconceivable as to what happened to the system in just one year. She pointed out that over the past two years over 500 megawatts had been added to the state generation system but immediately after the NC led coalition assumed office they started load shedding and have now revived the pre 2002 scenario.
The PDP president said as with the political problems of the state the NC was directly responsible for bartering away the state resources to the NHPC which was making money at the cost of state resources while we are suffering in darkness. She said while Dr Farooq Abdullah handed over seven most viable power projects to centre in 2000.
Mehbooba said while on the one hand power had completely disappeared, cooking gas and kerosene had gone scarce. Same was the case with other essentials like water and food items. The government she said was hand in glove with hoarders and profiteers who were looting the common man. Even the Public distribution system, she said had almost completely collapsed as its stocks were being pilfered and sold in black market. She also denounced ban on media channels.
MLAs, Ab Rehman Veeri, Peer Mansoor and Mohammed Rafi Mir and other senior leaders including District President also participated in the Protest.
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