The J&K Pradesh Congress Committee (JKPCC) president and Congress candidate for Anantnag Lok Sabha Parliamentary constituency G A Mir on Sunday described the ban on civilian traffic on Jammu-Srinagar highway as as undemocratic and anti-people.
Mir while addressing election rallies at Achabal in Shangusand Kokernag in Anantnag district said that prohibition order imposed oncivilian movement on the highway twice in a week has created restlessness amongthe people and the orders needs to be revoked forthwith to ensure people do notsuffer. He said the prohibition orders are not in the interest of people,besides it will badly affect the business community both in Jammu and Kashmir.
Referring to the upcoming parliamentary elections Miremphasized upon the people to rise to the occasion to defeat communal andfascist by exercising their franchise in favour of the Congress partycandidate, for the fact, it is the Congress Party alone can defeat the forcesinimical to unity and harmony in the country and state.
Lashing out at Peoples Democratic Party for “misgovernanceand misrule” in the state. Mir accused it’s leadership of comprising with thetrust of people. “PDP is the same partywhich had assured the people to defeat the BJP by not allowing them to makeinroads into Kashmir, but what happened after that is known to all. PDP alignedwith the BJP for the sake of power, as a result, there was a resentment andanger among the people at large scale, resulting in the people of Kashmirlosing trust in the democratic process.”