Upcoming Lok Sabha elections a historic opportunity: PDP

PDP today dubbed the upcoming Lok Sabha elections as a "historic opportunity" to lay foundation for an accountable and transparent system and said regional parties will have an important role to play in establishing a new system of justice and equality at the national level.
"The upcoming Lok Sabha election is a historic opportunity to lay foundation for accountable and transparent system," Peoples Democratic Party patron Mufti Mohammad Sayeed said at a public rally in Deblehar in R S Pura belt here.
"There is a strong wave for change as people want to establish a new system wherein every individual would get an equal opportunity for growth and development," he said.

Stating that regional parties were emerging across the country, Sayeed said PDP was the most credible and genuine regional force in Jammu and Kashmir and that people of the state were looking towards it to get them rid of the present "inept and corrupt" dispensation.
"Regional parties are emerging all over the country. West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Orrisa, Andhra Pradesh and Punjab are examples where regional parties are dominating political scenes," he said.
He said PDP had laid the foundation for change in the state as during its tenure the party had set an example of good, transparent and accountable governance.

"It is my desire to establish a system where every sections of the society would get justice and equal opportunities for development and economic growth," he said.

Sayeed said the process of change has already started as heads of governments in different parts of the country have started setting example of simplicity.
Giving example of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, he said the Trinamool Congress chief was an example of simplicity as she continued to live in a small flat.
"Foundation for changing the system has already been laid at national level as well as at state level," he said.