JAMMU: <\/b> The ruling PDP’s Gujjar leader Choudhary Zafar Ali Khatana today quit the party, alleging it had become a hub of corrupt people.<\/i><\/p>\n
Khatana s resignation from the PDP came on the second death anniversary of party founder Mufti Mohammad Sayeed.<\/i><\/p>\n
“I and my workers announce our resignation from the basic membership of the PDP,” he told reporters here.<\/i><\/p>\n
Khatana alleged the PDP had drifted off the path shown by Sayeed and had become a hub of corrupt and insensitive people.<\/i><\/p>\n
Accompanied by around 60 workers, Khatana said he had joined the party on the invitation of Sayeed in 2014 and wanted to address the problems of Gujjars and Bakerwals.<\/i><\/p>\n
After Sayeed’s death in 2016, the PDP completely got off the track that he had laid down, he claimed.<\/i><\/p>\n
“A few leaders, who lost elections but are closer to the power corridors, are running the party on whims and fancies and indulging in open loot through various means,” he alleged.<\/i><\/p>\n
He demanded a National Investigation Agency (NIA) probe into the assets of ministers and their relatives.<\/i><\/p>\n
Khatana had on December 27 resigned as vice chairman of the Advisory Board for Development of Gujjars and Bakerwals.<\/i><\/p>\n
He enjoyed the status of Minister of State (MoS) in the government.<\/i><\/p>\n
Referring to his resignation from the board, he said his mission was to serve the deprived Gujjar and Bakerwal community but he found that the board was a “mere eyewash as vice chairman could do nothing to mitigate their problems.<\/i><\/p>\n
“The government has destroyed the tribal community and there was none who can listen to their grievances,” he alleged.
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He accused Tribal Affairs Minister Choudhary Zulfkar Ali of “amassing huge wealth” and asked Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti to order a probe against him.
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Khatana alleged that the Gujjar-Bakerwal community was being denied job opportunities and benefits of reservation and promotions. (PTI)<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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