NC accuses PDP of facilitating RSS rule in J&K

Hitting out at PDP for indecisiveness in formation of the government in Jammu and Kashmir, the National Conference (NC) today accused PDP of facilitating RSS rule in the state.
"PDP has been facilitating direct RSS rule in Jammu and Kashmir by showing indecisiveness in forming the government", NC provincial president Devender Singh Rana said here.
"There is every apprehension of the BJP-led government (Centre) appointing any RSS pracharak as Governor of the state to trample the special identity of the state," Rana said addressing senior party leaders at Sher-e-Kashmir Bhavan here.
Describing Jammu and Kashmir as a politically sensitive state, he said the PDP will be entirely responsible for any ugly development as its indecisiveness has potential of prolonging the political stalemate and gubernatorial rule.

Rana accused the PDP of deceiving electors and said they should either form the government or intimate the Governor accordingly, so that process for snap polls can be initiated.
"National Conference is ready for elections," he declared.

Rana described these polls as crucial to gauge public opinion vis a vis political development post 2014 elections and hoped that the people will give a befitting reply to those who betrayed their trust.
The NC spokesperson claimed that after Mehbooba took over
as the Chief Minister with the charge of Home department on April 4 this year, the Home Secretary, in an official letter dated April 11, sought the status of the allocation of land for the proposed colony from the Divisional Commissioner Kashmir and the District Development Commissioners concerned.

"This too, is a matter of official record," he said.
Mattu alleged that both these official communications prove that Sayeed and Mehbooba were "actively and directly involved" not only as the heads of government but also as successive Home Ministers of the state, in the formal process of land allocation for the Sainik Colony.
"In spite of these proofs and facts, the state government spokesperson and cabinet minister Naeem Akhtar has come out to term substantiated media reports as 'highly-motivated and parochial' and has denied the fact that two successive state governments headed by PDP have been regularly seeking the status of land allocation for the Sainik Colony," Mattu claimed.

He alleged Akhtar has formally and officially "lied" as the spokesperson of the state government and he should explain that "on whose instructions the administration had bypassed the Chief Minister with the officers concerned working on their own accord, failing which he should resign from the state cabinet without any delay".
"Is the state government trying to cover up PDP's tacit understanding with its alliance partner (BJP) on this sensitive issue or is this a compromise PDP had agreed to pave the way for Mufti Sahab and then Mehbooba to occupy the Chief Minister's chair?" he said.
Akhtar yesterday refuted the reports on Sainik colony, terming them "highly motivated and parochial and are aimed at disturbing peace" in the state at a time when tourism and business activities have just started picking up.

Mattu said NC would wait for the state government to either debunk the proofs and facts of this case or for the resignation of the government spokesperson for "lying" in his official capacity.
"These are the only two choices the state government has and the ball lies in their court. We hope they respond with substance and proof rather than resorting to vague rhetoric and diversions," the NC spokesperson said.