J&K admin indifferent to people’s problems: Sagar

Srinagar, Aug 21: National Conference General Secretary, Ali Muhammad Sagar on Wednesday accused the incumbent government of plunging the people of Jammu & Kashmir into an “unfathomable abyss of misery and despondency”.
Interacting with the party workers and visiting delegations at the party headquarters here, Sagar, according to an NC statement, said, “The present government has failed to address the political and developmental aspirations of the people of Jammu & Kashmir.”
Among others, Additional General Secretary Dr Sheikh Mustafa Kamal, Provincial President Nasir Aslam Wani, MP Anantnag Mian Altaf Ahmad, State Spokesperson & I/C Kulgam Imran Nabi Dar were present, the statement said.
Sagar on the occasion said, “The BJP government rather than engaging with aggrieved people to address their issues has chosen to tread the path of isolating them and denying them the fruits of democracy, enjoyed by their fellow countrymen in the other states.”
“The disenchantment among the people has reached an epic level, and so has the anti-incumbency against this present unrelated and undemocratic regime,” he added.
He claimed there is an increasing gulf between the administration and the people, “Having public representatives in the policy-making bodies makes the policies more attuned to the concerns of the public. In J&K it is the other way round, the locals have no say in the administration making it deaf to all their concerns,” he said.
The NC leader exhorted the party cadre to remain present among the people and make them aware of the key achievements of the successive popular governments led by Sheikh Abdullah, Dr Farooq Abdullah and Omar Abdullah. He asked them to strengthen the party at the grassroots level.