By News Agency of Kashmir
Srinagar : Accusing Peoples Democratic Party for creating hurdles so as to destabilize coalition government in the state, Senior Vice President Jammu and Kashmir Pradesh Congress Committee and MLC Abdul Gani Vakil Saturday said that Congress will fight 2008 Assembly Election in the state alone.
“As far now no decision has been taken to forge alliance with any political party”, he said while addressing party workers at Kupwara, today.
As per an official handout issued, here today, Vakil said Congress would face electorate on its own performance and people-friendly policies, kick-started in the state by the Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad with the huge financial assistance and logistic support by the Congress-led UPA Government.
“We have bad experience of coalition mechanism where major coalition partner tried its best to dislodge Congress-led government in the state on one pretext or the other”, he said.
Without naming PDP, Vakil said that attempts were made to destabilize the government on one pretext or the other. “We fulfilled coalition dharma when the other party was at the helm of affairs and supported the then Chief Minister wholeheartedly, but unfortunately Congress Chief Minister did not receive the similar support instead many hurdles were created to destabilize his programmes aimed at Khushal Jammu and Kashmir”.
He said, though Azad’s visionary decisions, innovative and people-friendly policies and above all commitment to curb corruption and catapult development received applause at the national and international level yet, the coalition partner tried to make the ground slippery for smooth waking, just for political reasons.
“In fact popularity of Mr. Azad for his high performance and public service frustrated many. Mr. Azad’s record-breaking winning in bye-election securing highest number of votes so far recorded ever in Jammu and Kashmir Assembly elections, even though he did not campaigned for, made them jealous and they started politicking” Vakil added.