Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, Apr 9: Reiterating the commitment of Coalition Government for maintaining unity in all the three regions of the State, senior Congress leader and Minister for Tourism Ghulam Ahmad Mir urged the people to foil the attempts of those flattening the secular ethos of the State.
He referred to the initiatives taken by the Coalition Government in providing equal opportunities of progress and development to all the three regions and their sub-regions.
Addressing public meetings today at Anwzul Anantnag and Hanjan Kulgam, Mir cautioned voters about divisive politics and urged them to vote for NC-Congress coalition candidates.
He was accompanied by Bashir Ahmad Magrey MLC, vice president, Hilal Ahmad Shah organizing secretary JKPCC and Anayatullah Rather, district president, Kulgam.
Mir said that Congress party is connected with the people at grass root level, which is evident from the incorporation of 73rd Amendment into Jammu and Kashmir Panchayati Raj Act 1985.
He said due to pro-people initiatives taken by Centre and State Governments a large number of people have been benefited with employment through MGNREGA. He said that strenuous efforts were taken to develop power, road, health and educational infrastructure during last over 5 years in the State especially in rural and hilly areas.
Mir said people of the State have always rejected communal forces and this time also they will defeat nefarious designs of communal and anti-national people by inflicting crushing defeat to them in the current elections.
He asked the people to come out in large numbers to cast their votes in favour of NC-Congress alliance candidates, adding that both these parties have secular ideology and have a clear vision for the prosperity and upliftment of the people.
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