Peoples Conference senior vice-president and former minister Abdul Gani Vakil on Saturday said that the twin regional parties of the NC-PDP have played a devious, negative role in disempowering the people of the state by sidelining grassroots democratic institutions and centralising power within two dynastic cores which have drowned the state in mis-governance, nepotism and corruption.
Vakil in a statementsaid that “corruption is one of the major factors in distancing youth frommainstream politics and that unending corruption, favouritism and nepotism bythe successive NC and PDP governments is the main reasons for worsening of thepeaceful atmosphere of the state. It is time for the political leaders towonder if surrendering their dignity at the service of these two corruptdynasties is worth it.”
Vakil added that NC & PDP have left no stone unturned toplunder the State and deprive its young of opportunities to dream of a brightfuture. “Today Dr Farooq Abdullah has the audacity and shamelessness to talkabout ending corruption in the state. What about the Rs 115 crore JKCA scam inwhich he is charge sheeted? If anyone is the prime culprit for loot and plunderof Kashmir’s resources – it is National Conference,” he said.
Vakil also reiterated the party’s commitment to issue awhite paper on the erosion of the state’s special autonomous status and saidthe white paper would list, with details, the complicity of the NationalConference and the PDP founders in the erosion of Article 370.
“We will also come out with a white paper on massive loot,plunder and corruption in the State pioneered by the twin dynasties who haveamassed thousands of crores in unearned wealth by robbing the State of fundsand through kickbacks at the cost of effective development in Jammu andKashmir,” he added.