Reacting sharply to the allegations leveled by JKLF chairman
Mohammad Yasin Malik that scores of politicians including Khurshid Alam used
resistance movement as a “launching pad” to give boost to their political careers,
the People’s Democratic Party leader Thursday said that “the elements that are
being hired by National Conference to instigate false propaganda against the
‘just leadership’ of Kashmir must be asked to reveal their credentials as they
changed their gods as people change clothes.”
Alam
said that throughout his life he worked for the welfare of the people and
always raised voice in favour of distressed government employees. “I never used
or exploited anyone for my goal. My only goal was and is to work for the
downtrodden and needy. My God knows what is in my heart and I don’t need
certificate from anybody to prove myself,” he said.
He said that right from his childhood politics was
his passion and he always wanted to serve the people.
Alam “while taking jibe at the elements that at
present are hell-bent upon creating chaos into the minds of the troubled people
of Kashmir through the malicious and pseudo revelations, has stated that he as
person always strived for the rights of the employees of Jammu and Kashmir and
that history stands testimony to the fact that he never took any mileage from
politics.”
“Show me a single incident wherein I have used any
political stage of any political party whether of the mainstream or of the
separatist camp wherein I have served my goals,” said Alam.
He
maintained further that the employees of the state choose him as their leader
and to end their issues and woes became the major concern of his life. “It was
the hardships faced by the employees that compelled him to represent their just
voice.”
He
stated that in 1973 he joined the ‘Government servants Federation’ led by
Sardar Mushtaq Khan. In 1984, Food Employees Association elected him as
president. In 1988-89- Employees and Workers Confederation elected him as
senior vice- president that was then headed by Ghulam Hassan Asmi. “In 1994, I
was elected as president of the same association and then an amalgam of the
employees’ association came into existence in which I worked as a president and
strive for the common cause of the government employees.”
Alam
said that National Conference is leaving no stone unturned to level allegations
against him and that while failing to do so, the paid agents of the party are
being used to serve the purpose. “My life is an open book. People know me since
the love and affection of employees choose me a leader. I was there for the
common cause, I am here for the common cause, come what may, I will continue to
strive for the rights of the state employees and for the downtrodden.”
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