Srinagar, Nov 20: Hitting back at Chief Minister’s Advisor Nasir Aslam Wani, the senior People’s Democratic Party leader and MLA Pulwama Waheed Parra on Wednesday blaming the PDP cannot absolve the National Conference (NC) of its “historic betrayals” and “fresh compromises” on Article 370.
He criticised the NC’s “failure” to deliver on its promise of one lakh jobs, saying only one appointment has been made so far.
“PDP’s alliances with Congress or BJP were based on a Common Minimum Program, focusing on addressing Kashmir’s core issues and promoting dialogue within the framework of the Constitution. However, the NC used alliances solely to normalise its betrayals and compromises, avoiding accountability for unfulfilled promises in their poll manifesto,” Parra said.
He added, “NC doesn’t want people to question their broken promises and even refrains from mentioning them in their resolutions. They have abandoned our resolutions, both written and verbal commitments in the Assembly.”
The MLA Pulwama said the PDP has “consistently been true to its agenda, both in and out of government”. Even during the 2014 alliance, the party’s focus remained on addressing Kashmir’s core issues through dialogue, he said.
“Since NC leadership doesn’t know anything about 5th August 2019, will they explain their meeting with PM on 3rd august 2019, when all the Kashmir was turned into jail,” he said.
Parra questioned how Wani wasn’t detained in 2019. “Why was he the sole exception and enjoyed freedom when everyone was in jail,” he asked. “The NC must clarify about the agenda when they allied with BJP in 2000 for a ‘junior ministerial berth’ in the NDA.” (KNS)
