Jammu: Soon after assuming charge, Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti Monday promised a transparent, accountable and responsive government which will focus on clean governance with no scope for corruption at any level.
After the swearing-in, she held a meeting with all Secretaries and underscored the need for focussing on the implementation of flagship centrally-sponsored schemes so that Jammu and Kashmir can benefit like Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan.
She spoke about the governance challenges and sought full commitment and support of the bureaucracy to tackle these.
“I am passionate about getting things going and I need your support in realizing the vision of former Chief Minister, late Mufti have become hate icons in the eyes of masses and the government employees especially the teachers, traders, even engineers who were transferred and retransferred at the whims and wishes of select few of these ministers”, Karra said.
“They did not pursue the people’s agenda. They pursued their personal agendas. It is already in the public domain that nepotism was at its peak when they were the ministers. I brought it in the notice of the president as well”, he added.
“The state of confusion between the alliance partners and financial mismanagement at central and the state level was the handiwork of the self-styled economic wizard. This he did to make himself indispensable so that he would always call and ask to remove the confusion which overtly and covertly was his own creation. During Mufti Sahab’s time, this self-styled economic wizard was aptly named as dream merchant.
He misrepresented and misquoted both the alliance partners, leading to the present situation”, Karra said.
“As far the other two hate icons, one was dreaming of becoming Maulana Abul Kalam Azad of Jammu and Kashmir by demolishing the very vitals of the prevalent education system. He was more idealistic than practical which angered a community which was always appreciative and supportive of PDP. At times he projects himself to be the saviour of education system but at the same time projects himself to be the savior of tourism of Kashmir. He is so obsessed by the tourism department that he does not hesitate to send small time employees and even medium-rung workers to tell Mehboobaji that he alone could save tourism”, Karra said.
“I am representative of these communities in the party who suffered due to these three ministers,” he said. He claimed that Farooq Abdullah in 1996 had saved the state from coming under the rule of Kukka Parray. “I too acted on times and saved the state from coming under the rule of today’s Kukka Parrays,” he said.