People’s Democratic Party MLA Waheed Para on Tuesday said that Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha’s address was a routine document of the LG which lacks serious issues of Jammu and Kashmir, including unemployment, job guarantees act and others.
Speaking to the media, Waheed Para emphasized that LG’s first address originally reflected the vision of the J-K government.
“After a long time, a government has been formed in Jammu and Kashmir ; We had hopes that as per the aspirations of the people, the promises NC had made to people in its manifesto, it would be reflected in their vision document. Unfortunately, this looks like a routine document of LG, which is being presented for the last five years. Unemployment, job guarantees act, political prisoners, nothing was spoken on those issues,” he said.
“This was a very disappointing document that the LG read yesterday. We hoped that the political issues of J-K would be mentioned,” Para added.
LG Sinha addressed the inaugural session of the J-K Legislative Assembly’s Budget Session on Monday.
Manoj Sinha said that his government is steadfast in its commitment to the Union Territory’s statehood and is actively engaging with all stakeholders to facilitate this process.
He emphasized that the budget represents a new era of participatory governance, ensuring that the need and aspirations of the common people remain at the heart of policy making.
While addressing the assembly, Chief Minister Omar Abdullah praised former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, highlighting his contributions to India’s economic growth and key welfare initiatives.
“Manmohan Singh ji was born in undivided India. He went to Oxford and Cambridge and started as an officer and finance minister and then PM. When he became finance minister, our country was going through an economic crisis. Today we are the biggest economies of India. Today, the private sector is developing as the license raj was stopped. As PM, he took Indira Awas Yojana, MGNREGA initiatives,” Omar Abdullah said.
He recalled Manmohan Singh’s farewell press conference and said, “Manmohan, in his last press conference, said, ‘History will be a better judge of me than contemporary times.’ All world leaders respected him.”
He further recounted an incident showcasing the former PM Manmohan Singh’s humility, saying, “I remember I wrote a letter to him (Manmohan) on some issue, and I gave an interview on that issue. But I didn’t mention the letter, there was an issue that protocol has been broken. He called me and said This is not right; you addressed the issue in the press. I told him I have not done that… but after 15 minutes, he called back and apologized… He was PM, didn’t need to do so.” (ANI)
