Congress only unifying force in country: Azad
Chairs party meet in Srinagar
Srinagar: Senior Congress leader and Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha, Ghulam Nabi Azad on Saturday said that Congress Party was the “only unifying force and capable enough to defeat the divisive and communal forces in the country”.
Azad, who presided over a meeting of senior party leaders of various assembly segments of Kashmir in Srinagar, asserted that Congress will remain committed to safeguard the secular fabric, unity and harmony in the country.
As per a party statement, the meeting was held to deliberate over the organizational affairs and activities in Kashmir
Azad said that the Congress “will ensure defeat of communal and fascist forces, which are hell bent upon to divide people on the basis of caste and religion”.
He also reviewed the organizational affairs and activities of the Congress in Kashmir province and asked the party men to gear up for the challenges.
On the occasion, J&K Pradesh Congress Committee (JKPCC) President G A Mir also addressed the meeting and asked party leaders and workers to invigorate the party at grass roots level in their respective constituencies.
Both the leaders expressed serious concern over the difficulties confronting people in all the three regions of the state.
They described the absence of elected government in the state as a “major source of disillusionment for the masses in JK”.
Many important issues of public importance also came under discussion.
Azad asked the party cadres to reach out to people to ensure redressal of their grievances.
Congress party, he said, “feels highly concerned about the wellbeing of the people in the country and state and shall do its best to address their genuine concerns both in the Parliament and outside”.
The meeting also held threadbare discussions with regard to overall socio-political scenario obtaining in the state and devised a strategy to counter the “falsehood and political exploitation by BJP and other opportunist parties”.
Participants at the meeting resolved to start public outreach programme across the state, shortly.
The meeting was attended by senior Congress leaders, ex ministers, ex legislators and other prominent leaders of the party.
KV News
