National Conference has strongly condemned the recentstatement of the Governor of Jammu and Kashmir Satya Pal Malik.
The party said his remarks are unconstitutional and cast ashadow on the credibility, independence and neutrality of the high office ofthe Governor.
The party leaders reminded the Governor that he holds aconstitutional position by virtue of which he is the custodian of theConstitution of the state and the country.
National Conference has always maintained the respect anddignity for the high office of the Governor unless the person holding it hascreated an environment which is against the tenants of democracy and democraticnorms and principles, a joint statement said.
In the statement, the party leaders said that it is nobody’scase to protect the corrupt and cover up the malpractices committed by anyone.”However unsubstantiated, unfounded comments to vilify the reputation ofany and every politician, public servant and government employee is unwarrantedand coming from the Governor himself is highly condemnable,” read thestatement.
National Conference leaders took strong exception to some”intemperate” remarks made against the Vice President of the Party,Omar Abdullah by the Governor.
“They said that Mr Omar Abdullah has enjoyed awell-regarded political career He has been Member of Parliament thrice, UnionMinister with Prime Minister Vajpayee for three years, Chief Minister of Jammuand Kashmir for six years and is a leader of premier political party of Jammuand Kashmir. Any attempt to sully his image, his reputation and his staturewill be strongly taken on by the party and its cadre.”
The joint statement was signed by General secretary Mr. AliMohammad Sagar, Mr. Mohammad Akbar Lone, Justice (retd) Husnain Masoodi, Mr.Mohammad Shafi Uri, Mr. Abdul Rahim Rather, Dr Sheikh Mustafa Kamal, Mr.Surjeet Singh Slathia, Mr. Ajay Sadhotra, Mr. Mian Ataf Ahmed, Mr. ChowdharyMuhammad Ramzan, Mr. Peerzada Ghulam Ahmed Shah, Mr. Mubarak Gul, Aga SyedRuhullah Mehdi, Mr. Devender Singh Rana , Mr. Nasir Aslam Wani, Ms. ShamimaFirdous , Advocate Rattan Lal Gupta, Mr.Mushtaq Bukhari , Ms. Sakina Ittoo, Mr. Mir Saifullah, Mr. Irfan Ahmad Shah,Mr. Sajjad Ahmad Kitchloo, Mr. Rachpal Singh, Mr. Javid Rana, Mr. Abdul GanieMalik, Dr. Mohammad Shafi, Ms. BimlaLuthra , Mrs. Sabia Qadri , Dr. Bashir Ahmed Veeri, Mr. Ali Mohammad Dar, Mr.Shabir Ahmed Kulay , Mr. Altaf Ahmed Kaloo, Mr. Nazir Ahmed Malik , Mohd KhalidBandh, Syed Basharat Bukhari , Nazir Ahmed Gurezi, Sheikh Ishfaq Jabbar, Ab Majeed Larmi, Dr. Kamal Arora, ShowkatHussain Ganai, Qaiser Jamsheed Lone , Aga syed Mahmood, Ajaz Jan, Salman Sagar,Imran Nabi Dar, S. Harbans Singh, Sheikh Bashir Ahmad , Khalid NajeebSuhrawardy, Brij Mohan Sharma , Ram Paul , Thakur Kashmir Singh , Rahim Daad,Vijay Bakaya, Deepender Kour, Haji Mohd. Hussain , Master Noor Hussain ,S.Tarlochan Singh Wazir , Ikhlaq Khan, Mohd Iqbal Bhat, BR Kundal, Syed AsgarAli and others.