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J-K government has disappointed flood victims: NC

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Press Trust of India Srinagar
Last Updated : Jul 01 2015 | 5:57 PM IST
National Conference today lodged a strong protest in the Srinagar District Development Board meeting, chaired by Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed, alleging that the state government had come to power by politicising the floods issue only to disappoint its victims later.
NC General Secretary Ali Mohammad Sagar, who is MLA from Khanyar in Jammu and Kashmir, said, "Although PDP clearly and insensitively exploited the September floods for political gains, the party then went on to not only disappoint the flood victims but also humiliate and insult them.
"For you to say the flood victims should give you years to receive crucial succour and relief is an atrocious premise that shelterless, impoverished and devastated victims of a natural calamity can wait for an eternity till an elected government wakes up to its responsibilities," Sagar said.
He also accused the state government of sabotaging the Rs 44,000 crore flood relief package and added that the Centre played a "cruel joke" on the flood victims through its Rs 500 crore flood relief package.
The NC leader also expressed disappointment at the paltry allocation of Rs 100 crore for all eight constituencies of Srinagar saying this was "Unarguably the worst case of discrimination against the state's capital city and reeked of PDP's established and tacit step-motherly treatment with Srinagar."
"Not only has your government failed to do justice to the developmental needs of Srinagar but you have also demonstrated a very tragic and unfortunate streak of political vendetta by stopping work on all landmark developmental schemes and works that were initiated during the tenure of the Omar Abdullah government," he added.
Sagar said it was the duty of the chief minister to dispense his duties towards the people of the state without any political bias, favouritism or partisanship.
"But it is highly unfortunate that you have failed to do so and the discrimination with Srinagar for instance is a prime example of this approach", Sagar said.

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First Published: Jul 01 2015 | 5:57 PM IST

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