Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Dec 6: Apni Party today organised a series of public meetings in border villages of Arnia and listened to the grievances of the people.
Led by Apni Party Senior Vice President and former Minister Ghulam Hassan Mir, the Jammu based senior leaders, including Provincial President, Manjit Singh, Provincial President Women Wing Namrta Sharma, Ex-MLA Bishnah Kamal Arora¸ Party Coordinator for Jammu Central, Pranav Shagotra among others visited several villages in Arnia and interacted with the people while holding public meetings.
Speaking in one of the public meetings at Allah village in Arnia in support of District Development Council (DDC) candidate Ramandeep, Ghulam Hassan Mir said that the Apni Party believes in unity of two regions of Jammu and Kashmir like it remained traditionally. “Apni Party believes neither in regionalism nor in communalism. People of Jammu as well as of Kashmir have issues and such issues should be resolved in a peaceful manner,” he added and maintained that with the restoration of statehood to J&K, the people of the erstwhile State will be empowered.
Mir said that the border people are facing difficulties because of hostility and therefore, the families should be provided safer places. “In view of growing unemployment among the youth in border areas, the Government should start special recruitment in the Army and other security forces for the youth,” he said.
Speaking on the occasion, Manjit Singh said that unemployment among the educated youth in the border belt has increased and it should be addressed by the Government.
Namrta Sharma demanded that women in the border belt of Jammu and other districts should be provided some special training by the Government to make them self-dependent.
Kamal Arora said that “The border belt needs reform and revamp for the development of the neglected areas.
Pranav Shagotra said that the party opposes any kind of further division of J&K and claimed that “There is anger among the people about the downgrading of J&K into a Union Territory.
Other leaders of Apni Party, who participated in the meetings, included Vaibhav Mattoo, Vishal Zutshi, Farooq Ahmed, Pavneet Kour, Sarpanch of Allah Kamlesh Rani and Dalbir Singh.
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