The NC chief stated: “He (Shah) was making an attempt to recommend that nothing had been achieved (in 70 years) and that the NC had wasted its time in workplace with nothing to indicate.”
Addressing a rally in Baramulla, his first in Kashmir for the reason that abrogation of Article 370, Shah stated: “What we’ve accomplished, I’ll give its account, however what you (Mehbooba) Mufti and Farooq (Abdullah) sahib have accomplished, it’s best to give that account.”
NC vice-president Omar Abdullah had stated quickly after Shah’s speech that the listing of achievements of the NC governments was “exhaustive” and that they might reply to the Union minister in a day. On Thursday, Farooq shared the listing, dividing the NC rule between pre-1990 (earlier than the beginning of militancy) and post-1990 interval. One of many highlights, he stated, was the “revolutionary” land to tiller Act, “that paved the way in which for the social and financial upliftment” of the individuals of J&Ok”.
* Training
Underneath the NC governments pre-1990, a call was taken to present free training as much as the college degree to individuals, with one college every established in Jammu and Srinagar, an agricultural college arrange within the Valley, and a state-of-the-art Sher-i-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences on the sample of AIIMS in Srinagar, other than grownup training centres, diploma schools in each district and District growth Boards, Farooq stated.
He stated the NC authorities had additionally established an unique school for girls and given them 50% reservation in medical and dental schools.
* Panchayati Raj
On Wednesday, Shah referred to as the unfold of “democracy to the grassroots” (in a reference to District Growth Boards) as the most important achievement of the Narendra Modi authorities. Farooq stated Panchayati Raj Establishments had come up below the NC authorities and the primary elections have been held for them many a long time in the past.
“(Jammu and Kashmir was the) first state within the subcontinent to have common grownup franchise set on the age of 18,” Farooq claimed.
* Gujjar advantages
With Shah citing the Modi authorities’s measures for the advantages of Gujjars and saying no governments had accomplished the identical earlier — the delimitation panel has additionally put aside seats for STs within the new Meeting — Farooq stated it was an NC authorities that had established a Gujjar and Bakerwal advisory board in addition to cellular colleges for Gujjars in J&Ok.
* Business
Shah requested what number of industries have been arrange below the NC and PDP governments (the PDP has been in energy in J&Ok for six years). Farooq stated his get together’s authorities had arrange SICOP, a company to encourage native, small-scale industries, and industrial estates and meals parks.
Within the post-1990 interval, Farooq stated, round 600 industrial items have been arrange when he headed the federal government in 1996-2002, additionally itemizing the Baghliar dam feeding 900 MW energy plant, 480 MW Uri energy mission and 390 MW Dulhasti Energy mission. Moreover, the interval noticed the development of 1,500 bridges and three,600 new college buildings, considered one of Asia’s first cable automotive initiatives in Gulmarg, and the Royal Springs golf course in Srinagar. He stated the federal government had supplied employment to 1.6 lakh youth on this time.
“The Rehber e Taleem scheme (was) launched, revolutionising training and employment within the sector… On the identical sample Rehbar-e- Ziraat, Rehbar-e-Janglat… have been employed.”
Underneath the Omar Abdullah authorities in 2008-2014, Farooq stated, the landmark Public Providers Assure Act and RTI have been launched, in addition to the Accountability Fee and Vigilance Fee constituted to curb corruption and provides good governance.
Moreover, mini-Secretariats have been arrange in each district, panchayats empowered and 1.75 lakh youth given jobs and three,000 entrepreneurship items arrange. Over 20,000 momentary lecturers have been regularised, and 10,000 docs, specialists and paramedics appointed, Farooq stated, citing the SKEWPY (Sher-i-Kashmir Employment and Welfare Programme for the Youth) scheme.
He stated different initiatives that noticed the inexperienced gentle or have been accomplished throughout this time have been the Chenab Valley Energy Growth Company, Chenani-Nashri street tunnel, the Mughal Street connecting the Valley with Rajouri, and Zojilla tunnel, other than flyovers in Srinagar and Jammu and a whole lot of street initiatives.
“Regardless of the a long time of turmoil, J&Ok state rose to the highest amongst Indian states when it comes to main growth indices,” Farooq stated. “Right this moment the literacy fee in J&Ok is 77 per cent… Life expectancy is 74… The incumbent regime has, and will once more, declare credit score for all of this, however propaganda and information are two various things.”
In his speech, Shah additionally contrasted the “Modi mannequin” with the “Gupkar mannequin”, a reference to the Peoples Alliance for Gupkar Declaration (PAGD), which incorporates the most important mainstream events of Kashmir. Whereas the “Gupkar mannequin” put stones and machine weapons into the fingers of youths, the “Modi mannequin” gave AIIMS, IITs, IIMs and NEET, the House Minister stated.
Addressing this, Farooq stated: “I don’t want to get sidetracked by a few of the different issues that have been stated about weapons and stones. The sacrifices of my colleagues over the past 35 years, with scores of NC leaders and staff being killed or injured by the very weapons that Amit Shahji accused us of distributing, is the one reply this accusation wants.”