Suhail Khan
Jammu, Apr 4: Hitting back at the National Conference government for branding him a “militant,” People’s Democratic Party (PDP) leader Waheed-ur-Rehman Parra on Saturday squarely accused the ruling dispensation of rigging elections, creating terrorists, and now silencing opposition voices using a “BJP narrative.”
“You made Syed Salahuddin. You sent Yaseen Malik to the gallows. You rigged the election in 1987 and misled Delhi. And today, you call every politically active Kashmiri youth a militant or OGW,” MLA Parra told reporters outside the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly.
The Pulwama MLA, responding to Education Minister Sakina Itoo’s remarks, said the government has no right to question his understanding of governance.
“I am a UAPA accused. I spent two years in jail. The Supreme Court of India granted me bail. I am fighting my case every day. Time will prove my innocence,” he asserted.
MLA Parra further questioned the minister’s competence, saying, “When you have no idea about education, no idea about MBBS doctorate, how will you run the health sector? You tell a meritorious child he will not get a job because of reservation policy — is that right?”
He alleged that the National Conference government is deliberately running a “BJP narrative” to delegitimise opposition leaders.
“Did Mehraj Malik speak in jail? Did Engineer Rashid speak in jail? Those people are still in jail. What is the plan behind putting such serious allegations on me today? The voice of the opposition needs to be silenced,” MLA Parra charged.
Clarifying his party’s stand, he said the PDP supported the government’s land grant bill but demanded similar relief for poorer communities. He also raised the issue of 23,000 back-door appointments through outsourcing companies.
“We have only four or five people in the PDP. But there is no tolerance. They misbehaved. They put allegations against former chief minister Mehbooba Mufti. I had to respond,” Parra said.
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