NC government used Assembly to pass resolution instead of addressing governance, development, accountability
Srinagar, Oct 6: BJP J&K spokesperson and senior BJP leader Altaf Thakur on Tuesday termed the J&K Assembly’s autumn session a “complete failure” and accused the Omar Abdullah-led National Conference government of turning the House into a platform for political posturing while leaving the pressing concerns of ordinary people unresolved. Thakur said the session failed to provide meaningful answers on reservation, recruitment, daily wagers, contractual employees, ASHA workers, vocational trainers, unemployment, development, price rise, healthcare, education, roads and other basic public issues.
He said thousands of young aspirants are waiting for clarity on the reservation policy, while daily wagers and contractual workers who have served the government for years continue to seek job security and regularisation; ASHA workers and vocational trainers are struggling for better remuneration and employment security, and unemployed youth are waiting for transparent and time-bound recruitment. “Instead of addressing these issues, the government allowed the entire session to be overshadowed by the statehood resolution,” he said.
Thakur accused the government of using the statehood issue as a “political shield” to deflect attention from its failures in governance. He said the people elected the government to deliver on employment, development, public services and welfare, not merely to pass resolutions. “Statehood is an important aspiration, but it cannot become an excuse for ignoring bread-and-butter issues. People need jobs, regularisation, fair recruitment, better healthcare, functioning schools, roads, electricity, water and accountable administration,” he said.
He further accused the government of failing to provide a clear roadmap on the recruitment of thousands of vacant posts, the future of casual and contractual workers and the concerns surrounding outsourcing of government jobs. He said the government must explain what concrete steps it has taken to reduce unemployment, speed up recruitment and ensure that young people are not forced to wait indefinitely for government opportunities. He also questioned the government over the slow pace of development, deteriorating civic infrastructure, traffic pressure, tourism-related infrastructure, healthcare facilities and the grievances of employees and frontline workers. “The Assembly should have been a place where the government was held accountable on every one of these issues. Instead, political confrontation consumed the oxygen of the House while genuine public grievances remained on the margins,” he said.
Thakur said the Omar Abdullah government cannot continue to blame the Union Territory framework for every failure. “The people gave the National Conference a mandate to govern. They expect delivery within the powers available to the elected government. If there are constitutional or administrative limitations, the government should explain them to the people instead of using them as a permanent excuse,” he said.
He said the session would be remembered as an opportunity lost. “The government had the floor of the Assembly, the questions of elected representatives and the grievances of the people before it. Yet, instead of producing solutions, it produced political noise. The issues of workers, employees, students, unemployed youth and weaker sections were pushed aside,” Thakur said.
He demanded that the government now publish a time-bound action plan on reservation, recruitment, regularisation of daily wagers and contractual workers, welfare of ASHA and vocational trainers, employment generation, transparency in outsourcing, development projects and delivery of essential services.
“People are no longer satisfied with slogans and resolutions. They want results. The Omar Abdullah government must understand that resolutions cannot replace governance, statehood politics cannot bury public issues, and promises cannot substitute delivery,” Thakur said.
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