After Mehbooba Mufti, President of Peoples Democratic Party, now former Chief Minister and National Conference President Dr Farooq Abdullah has challenged former Jammu and Kashmir Governor Satya Pal Malik to prove that he has also taken advantage of the Roshni scheme. Stop lying, Malik. Roshni scheme was started to build power projects in Jammu and Kashmir, and power projects have also been made from the amount received under it.
Addressing the workers at the party office Sher-e-Kashmir Bhawan, Farooq Abdullah said that the Roshni scheme aimed to illuminate the homes of all the people of Jammu and Kashmir. Do not teach any child to read in the light of a lamp. We built nine power projects. At that time, Atal Bihari Vajpayee was the Prime Minister, and Kumar Mangalam the Power Minister.
He went to Kumar Mangalam and informed him about the project. The Union Minister said that you do two tasks, we will make seven for you. When we recover the cost of seven projects, we will also hand it over to you. So we signed MoUs and built two projects, Savalakot and Baglihar, both on our own. Today both are working.
Dr Abdullah said that the lie was spread even then that the J&K government did not work and ate money. But this then Finance Minister Yashwant Sinha came here, and when he saw the work, he was pleased and said that people say that work is not done here. Dr Abdullah said that lies are being spread all over the country, including Jammu and Kashmir.
RSS has sent its workers to Bangaon in Jammu. If they have guts, come and show them in Kashmir; we will not use sticks but tell them the truth. He said that no one could separate Jammu and Kashmir. Anyone can do anything. He also asked the people to be aware of those doing politics of hate.
Dr Farooq Abdullah was also upset after two senior party leaders resigned and joined the BJP. Although he did not name anyone, he said that you are buying people. How do they think you will rule with this? This will not happen. People are smart. They also have to understand that he is not with you. He was making sense out of it. Dr Abdullah asked why the hatred for the government.
