Elected govt putting all efforts to survive despite being cornered; options open to take final call: Advisor to CM Nasir Sogami

STC NEWS DESK
SRINAGAR, SEPTEMBER 11 (STC): Omer Abdullah-led elected government is putting all efforts to run the government despite being cornered. However, if all doors eventually close, it will be compelled to take a final decision.
Advisor to CM Omar Abdullah, Nasir Aslam Wani, stated this on Thursday. Talking to a local news agency Kashmir News Service (KNS), he said that those who placed their trust in democracy are being mocked. “An elected MLA has been detained under the PSA, which has no justification. Right now, this has become a conflict between an elected government and a non-elected system. An elected government, which has the trust of the people, is being cornered. Efforts are being made to obstruct its work through a non-elected system. This cannot continue,” he said.
He said that in the UT system, “you have no control over law and order. You have no control over the police. You have no control over public order; even in other matters, interventions are made. People have elected this government for five years. In these five years, we will try to improve this system. Those who think that this government won’t last for five years will remain watching. National Conference will improve the system and fulfill the wishes of our people.”
Reacting to Mehraj Malik’s PSA, he said that “he just wanted the relocation of a medical facility. This led to some harsh words and some strong language, but even if that happened, punishing him this severely by invoking the Public Safety Act has no justification. The PSA is meant for those who act against public order, against the country, or intend to create unrest. None of these were proven against him. His dispute was directly with the district administration and its head. The same administration also imposed the PSA on him. In effect, they acted as the lawyer, the witness, and the judge. It cannot work like this,” Wani said.
He also said that “no sculpture, no emblem, and no idol can be placed in our religious shrine, because this goes against the basic tenets of our faith. Why was such an act carried out there that hurt people’s sentiments? That should have been addressed first. As for the reaction that came from the people, we also condemn that, because they should not have taken the law into their own hands. But we must also look at where it all started,” he added.
(Straight Talk Communications)