PDP organises one day convention
Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, July 19: Senior leaders and functionaries of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) at party convention in Srinagar today pledged to carry forward Party’s mission and agenda with vigorous force.
Addressing party convention at Khaniyar, party vice president Abdul Rahman Veeri asked the party functionaries to work with greater coordination and strengthen the party on the ground. He added that at this crucial juncture of history, it is the PDP alone that has the ability to steer the ship to the shore and take Jammu and Kashmir to new scales of peace and prosperity. He said that time has proven beyond doubt that the PDP has stood steadfast every time against all odds to safeguard Jammu and Kashmir’s core interests and not to allow the nefarious miscreants to go scot-free. He added that the PDP emerged on state’s political scene as a just voice of the perturbed people of the State who were yearning for change so that they could heave a sigh of relief.
PDP general secretary Ghulam Nabi Lone Hanjura stated the PDP has always been a staunch advocate of political process for the resolution of Kashmir and has been asking the Government of India to hold meaningful dialogue with Hurriyat, Pakistan and with other stakeholders. “At the time when polls in 2002 were held, it was beyond one’s expectation that a party with mere 16 seats will form the Government and revolutionise the system of governance, open Srinagar Muzaffarabad road, scarp POTA and ensure a sense of safety amongst the people,” Hanjura said. He added that it is certain that the PDP will once again bounce back and burst into the scenes, forming Government once the polls are held in the State.
Senior PDP leader and MLC Mohammad Khurshid Alam stated that people are well aware of the policies of the PDP and how the party has always preferred its principles over power and didn’t allow BJP to take any inroads on the constitutional position of the State.
He added that the J&K as part of the republic secured its unique position and same cannot in any way be contested in any court of law. He also flayed the recent remarks of Congress leader Vikramaditya Singh on July 13, 1931, terming it reflection of a frustrated mindset and akin to the hurting sentiments of Muslims not only in Kashmir but in the entire Muslim world.
Aga Syed Mohsin, Noor Mohammad Sheikh, Muntazir Mohi-ud-Din, Anjum Fazli, Asiya Naqash, Dr Ali Mohammad, Abdul Hameed Kosheen, Ajaz Qureshi and several others were also present.
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