J&K Democratic Party Nationalist (DPN) president & former minister Ghulam Hassan Mir on Saturday said that DPN has been pursuing the path breaking initiative on political front to empower youth of the state and to ensure politico-economic development over the years.
While addressing a partyconvention here Mir said that “Our focus has always been on restoration of lawand order by peaceful means, good governance, fighting corruption anddevelopment of infrastructure.”
“For more than the lasttwo decades, youth in Kashmir are living in total discomfort anddisillusionment due to prolonged violence and radicalization in the eyes of thewhole nation” Mir said.
Mir said, the general euphoria of the people here with each election has in fact been – manipulated, orchestrated by various means including the use of money power and at the whim and sweet will of various political forces at the Centre. “In the recent past, dismissal of PDP-BJP Government and imposition of Governor Rule followed by the President Rule is again an endeavour to uphold the legacy.
We all know, the Governor Rule can never be a substitute to the popular government and uphold the same whatever the circumstances, he said. Centre wants the state of affairs to continue as it suits their vested interests and never ever allow the democratic process to flourish in the State, Mir said.
He said, although allregional and national political parties voiced unanimously to hold electionssimultaneously with the Parliamentary elections. “But on different pretexts asusual, the decision to hold the elections to State Assembly has been evadeddespite the roused anger amongst the masses who remain the real sufferer,” Mirsaid.