People of Chenab, Pir Panchal areas equally passionate for state’s identity, territorial integrity: NC
’Development, prosperity major casualties during PDP-BJP coalition’
Jammu: Jammu and Kashmir National Conference general secretary Ali Muhammad Sagar has said that development and prosperity had been the “major casualties during the former BJP-PDP coalition”.
The Chenab valley and Pir Panchal, Sahar alleged, had “fallen off from the development radar of the state government ever since PDP-BJP government took over”.
“The situation hasn’t changed even after the imposition of governor’s rule in the state. Once in power the party will make amends to the imprudent policies of the former coalition government,” he said.
Addressing workers’ conventions at Poonch, Mendhar, Surankoot, Thana Mandi Rajouri Sagar said the party was “alive to the development demands of the people”.
He said the biggest challenge ahead of the party was to put the state back on the path of development and peace.
Sagar said the party will work on “multiple fronts to achieve the anticipated goals of development and equitable development of all the regions of state”.
“The party is determined to fight for safe guarding the identity of the state and will motor the sluggish pace of development in the state with the proactive support of the people of the state. We will indeed deliver on both the fronts,” he added.
Sagar said the people of the state were “yearning for an elected government to provide for the basic amenities of the state”.
“In no case can the advisors of the governor replace the elected institution of legislature. It is only an elected government that can mitigate the mounting woes of the people.”
He further said that the people living in the Jammu division “also feel passionately about the state’s identity and integrity”.
“People living in the Pir Panchal areas have only one thing in mind: It is to put the NC back into the steering position of the state,” he said.
He said the “upcoming government with Omar sahib in the vanguard of it will ensure hassle free and heavy investment into the infrastructure related protects of Pir Panchal and Chenab Districts”.
Sagar said there was a “wave in favour for National Conference”.
“However there is no scope for complacency. We have to strive hard to salvage the state from the morass towards opulence,” he said.
Among others party’s senior leaders Mian Altaf, Javaid Rana, Devender Singh Rana , Aijaz Jan also addressed the workers and exhorted them to make people aware about the party programme.