Excelsior Correspondent
Jammu, Nov 5: Reaffirming commitment of his party to make Jammu and Kashmir as Island of peace, patron of People’s Democratic Party (PDP) Mufti Mohammad Sayeed today said that aim of PDP is to script a new chapter of peace and equitable development in the history of J&K.
“PDP, with just 16 MLAs in its kitty, had proved during its tenure how to implement the agenda of peace and reconciliation”, he said and recalled that it was result of PDP’s pro-peace agenda that the then Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee had announced cease-fire on the borders and that initiative had brought positive chances in the lives of common people.
Addressing a function to welcome Congress leader Swami Raj Sharma, who along with hundreds of his supporters joined PDP today, Mufti mentioned towards recent unpleasant incidents on the International Border (IB) and Line of Control (LoC) and asserted that PDP preached the message peace and reconciliation from nook and corner of the State to de-escalate tensions on the borders.
Recalling that PDP earlier too had played similar role when tension was high on border after Parliament attack, Mufti said that credit goes to his party to take both NDA and UPA on the board to initiate bold steps for restoring lasting peace in this sub-continent.
“Foundation to take such bold initiatives for strengthening relations between India and Pakistan was laid only during PDP led regime after 2002”, he said, adding, “Although we had only 16 members but it was result of our convictions that we had convinced successive regimes at Delhi to take some bold decisions to restore peace in this region especially to improve relations with Pakistan”.
He said that formation of PDP was landmark in the political history of Jammu and Kashmir because this party has revived peoples’ faith in the democratic institutions.
“Unlike other parts of the country, people of Jammu and Kashmir, for decades together, were not allowed to get the taste of democracy because NC had never allowed democracy to flourished here”, he said and added that it was PDP that has challenged the hegemony of NC and allowed the democracy to flourish here.
“The way people of the State has been supporting our party is a clear indication that that there is no alternative of PDP in the State and this party is going to change destiny of the people by implementing its progressive and visionary agenda”, he said, adding, “change is imminent in Jammu and Kashmir because people have faith on the policies and programmes of PDP”.
He further said that PDP led regime had set an example of equitable and balanced development in Jammu and Kashmir.
He mentioned that it was only during the PDP led regime that governance consciousness was generated in the people of Jammu and Kashmir and the common masses had a taste of good governance.
He added that PDP led regime had brought transparency and accountability in the governance by strengthening democratic institutions in the state. He especially mentioned that during PDP led regime more than 70,000 youth were appointed as teachers under Rebar-e-Talim (ReT) scheme and more than 30,000 Anganwari workers were also appointed in transparent manner.
Speaking on the occasion, Swami Raj Sharma said that he has decided to join PDP due to the policies and programmes of the party.
Rangil Singh, Trilok Singh Bajwa, Ved Mahajan, Shanti Devi, Daman Bhasin, Yash Pal Sharma, Choudhary Hamid, Mehboob Iqbal, Hussain Ali Wafa, Fallail Singh, R K Bali, Deepinder Kour, Surjeet Kour, Arshad Malik and Kuljeet Singh Jamwal, also spoke on the occasion.
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