Anantnag, Jan 19 ; Urging the Center to display more trust in the people of Jammu and Kashmir, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) president Mehbooba Mufti today said confusing signals emerging from different authorities led the people to the sad conclusion that all pronouncements about finding a lasting solution were only an eyewash.

This impression could be highly dangerous in a regional atmosphere that has been defying all attempts at stability, she cautioned.

Addressing a public meeting here, Ms Mufti pleaded Please do not push the youth to wall again.'' ''When things flare up in Kashmir as they did in three consecutive summers since 2008, the Center showed urgency in resolving the issue,'' she said but regretted that once the firefighting was over, ''We are again neglected and left to our fate and the security apparatus.'' ''We waited and watched for three months to give the government sufficient time to improve and show some seriousness in applying balm to the wounds caused by its misgovernance and atrocities,'' she alleged.

But every promise, including the eight-point road map, is being implemented only in breach with more security camps mushrooming and more youth finding themselves behind bars, the PDP Chief regretted.

Ms Mufti said the National Conference (NC) government was in no position to demand reduction of troops or revocation of AFSPA as it was completely dependant on official repression for its survival.

''With what moral authority can this party demand reduction in troops after it called in more only a few months back and even begged the Army to take over the situation'', she wondered and said no body is going to buy Chief Minister Omar Abdullah's hollow rhetoric any more.

Alleging that NC was nervous with main stream competition, political the PDP said the ruling party had developed a vested interest in perpetuating trouble and instability in the state.

The ruling party was interested only in holding the state as a personal estate of a family and for that, it had bartered away everything ranging from people's dignity to water resources, she added. (UNI)

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