Says denial of police verification to families was started by NC, PDP; condemns harassment of common Kashmiris
Ganderbal, Nov 15: Jammu and Kashmir People’s Conference (JKPC) president Sajad Gani Lone on Sunday visited Ganderbal, where he addressed a large gathering of party workers and locals, marking the beginning of his party’s renewed public outreach across the Valley.
Speaking to reporters on the sidelines of the function, Lone, as per GNS, said it was his second visit to Ganderbal for a political programme, undertaken at the invitation of Hilal Sahib, and that he was encouraged by meeting thoughtful people. He said the outreach would continue across Kashmir.
“The issue is not where we will reach. The issue is whether the people of Ganderbal will get freedom from political oppression or not,” Lone said, adding that one party had dominated the area for years without visible development to justify it.
Launching a sharp attack on the present dispensation, Lone said the government was missing a “local touch” and that there was no visible difference between the elected government and the LG administration.
“These people are the biggest enemies of employment,” he alleged, claiming that instead of providing the promised one lakh government jobs, the government had converted 25,000 government jobs into private jobs through outsourcing, an issue he said he had raised in the Assembly.
“Remember, in the coming time, the biggest scam will be this outsourcing scam,” Lone said.
On the denial of police verification certificates, Lone said he totally condemned the practice, but added that Kashmiris should remember it had been going on for the last 30 years.
“Except for the National Conference and the PDP, they started it. The humiliation of a Kashmiri, dragging him. If one man is in militancy or is an OGW, denying police verification to 20-30 people of his family—these two parties did this,” he alleged.
Lone also questioned the Centre, asking, “What kind of manliness is this, that you drag a poor Kashmiri,” while remaining silent when others make more seditious statements.
On Geelani’s legacy, Lone said Geelani Sahib had his own legacy and that anyone who wished to join on his own was welcome. He alleged, however, that it was the PDP’s “typical trick,” at Delhi’s behest, to finish that legacy, which he termed wrong.
