Excelsior Correspondent
Bhadarwah, June 14: Veteran politician and former Parliamentarian Sheikh Abdul Rehman said that all out efforts are being made to revive the campaign for a separate Chenab Valley Hill Development Council (CVHDC) by involving all the stake holders of the region under the banner All Party Action Committee (APAC).
Prominent National Conference leader and Vice President Indian Chapter of Bharat Bangladesh Pakistan People’s Forum (BBPPF) Sheikh Abdul Rehman said this while addressing a press conference here today after completing an extensive tour of Doda and Kishtwar districts.
“Since last two decades we have been peaceful fighting for a separate Chenab Valley Hill Development Council on the pattern of Ladakh, Lahool-Sipiti and Darjeeling, but now it’s high time to make this dream a reality. To achieve our goal, we have involved all the stake holders of erstwhile district Doda including law makers, Panchayat members, academicians, lawyers members of civil societies and also luminary eminent class of society under the banner APAC for Chenab Valley Hill Development Council”, he added.
“We are not against the idea of separate development Councils for Kashmir, Jammu and Ladakh regions or Divisional Status for Chenab and Pir-Panjal regions, but this arrangement will not serve our purpose as on the basis of merit including geographical, topographical and demographics of otherwise backward Chenab region, we deserve a separate hill development Council”, Rehman said and added that the campaign will be intensified in the coming days by virtue of organizing conventions, dharans, debates, rallies and shutdowns across all the three districts—Doda, Kishtwar and Ramban.
He appealed to all the political parties with secular credentials thinkers, scholars, academicians, lawyers and professors to put their heads together to ponder over the invisible danger to the democracy and democratic institutions together with Constitution of India and find ways to save the country from such hovering perils failing which we will not be in a position to face the wrathful queries of our future generation.
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