KL Report

SRINAGAR

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) President, Mehbooba Mufti Tuesday said the polling in the first two phases in  Jammu and Kashmir has established that the people of the State especially Kashmir Valley have seen through the game of dividing their votes to facilitate  foisting a government through intrigue.

“The fact that the overwhelming majority of the people came out to vote is an indication that their mission to bring about a change is taking shape on the ground,” she said while addressing various roadside meetings in Khansahib assembly constituency in Budgam district.

Mehbooba said in the past two elections, unfortunately, a group of politicians made themselves available for dividing the vote in Kashmir and help promote the inevitability of coalition governments. But, now that the trend throughout the country has swung in favour of strong single party governments the people in Jammu and Kashmir too have decided to bury the unstable coalition culture. “About a dozen parties have been lunched on election eve in Kashmir with the same objective of fragmentation of vote. However, high turnout of voters would be helpful in defeating this design and establishing a true democratic system in the state which is not vulnerable to such manipulations,” she said.

Mehbooba said the PDP is fighting this election on a visionary but pragmatic agenda. She said we are not promising moon or stars to the people, but we have identified areas of political and economic importance so that the state can be liberated from political uncertainty and the development process is taken to the next level.

Mehbooba said the PDP aspires to make Jammu and Kashmir politically empowered, economically self-reliant, environmentally safe, socially cohesive and culturally vibrant place for its people who have been sufferings since 1947.

She said once voted to serve, her party would reform the state government by transforming into Smart Government. “The administration will be made proactive, transparent, accountable and fiscally responsible with the help of the people,” she said and added generating meaningful employment for the youth will remain a prime focus of the PDP government under the leadership of Mufti Mohammad Sayeed.

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