Party emerging as voice of people: Mufti

Excelsior Correspondent

JCCBL Chairman Dinesh Gupta being welcomed by PDP chief Mufti Mohd Sayeed into party fold at a function in Jammu.

JAMMU, Sept 21: Reiterating resolve of his party to strengthen relations between different regions and sub-regions of the State, patron of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) Mufti Mohammad Sayeed today said that due to its convictions and commitments, the PDP has emerged as a credible and strong political force in all the regions of the State.
Addressing a function to welcome Dinesh Gupta, the newly elected Chairman of the Jammu Citizen Cooperative Bank Ltd (JCCBL), who along with hundreds of his supporters joined PDP today, Mufti expressed satisfaction that PDP’s agenda of development was now seen positively not just in Kashmir valley but in Jammu and Ladakh regions also. “It is really a matter of satisfaction for our party that people of Jammu, Kashmir and Ladakh regions have connecting themselves with PDP and this party has earned crediblity and faith of the people of all regions and sub-regions of the State”, he said and  added that people of Jammu, Kashmir and Ladakh were also treating PDP as their real voice because leadership of this party has earned faith and trust of the people by its convictions and commitments.
Pointing towards joining of Dinesh Gupta and his supporters in the party, he said that overwhelming response to party from all regions of the State was a clear indication that people of Jammu, Kashmir and Ladakh were looking towards PDP as only credible political force of the State.
Reiterating resolve of his party to address aspirations of all sections of the society, Mufti said that PDP has cemented relations between different regions and sub-regions of the state. He said that since its formation PDP has been pursuing the agenda of unity to bridge the gap between different regions of the state.
PDP patron reiterated that attaining power was not the only agenda of PDP. “We want to change the present system and to establish a new system where every sections of the society would get justice and equal opportunities for growth and development”, he asserted and sought cooperation of the people to fulfill this progressive and pro-people agenda of PDP.
Welcoming Dinesh Gupta into the party fold, PDP patron hope that with his joining PDP would be strengthened in the state in general and Jammu region in particular. He advised him to work for strenghening the institution of JCCBL which has about 20,000 shareholders.
Senior Leaders Rangil Singh, Trilok Singh Bajwa, Thakur Balbir Singh, Sayeed Asgar Ali, Ved Mahajan, Falail Singh, Rajinder Singh Manhas, Dr Motyal, Sapna Gupta, Varinder Singh were also present.