Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, Jan 11: Pradesh Congress Committee (PCC) has urged upon the Party cadre to gear up for the upcoming elections in the State and ensure victory of Party with a thumping majority.
The JKPCC held a meeting of Senior Party Functionaries and District Presidents of Kashmir valley in Srinagar today, which was presided over by President G.A. Mir.
Addressing senior party functionaries, district presidents and Mahila Congress activists, Councilors/ Corporators elected in recently held ULB elections, PCC chief emphasized them to remain steadfast to serve the people at grass- root level.
Mir further said that Congress is a vibrant situation in the State expressing confidence that people in all the three regions of the State have full faith in the progammes and policies of the Congress Party, for the fact, Congress has always taken care of urges and aspirations of the people and never indulged in vote bank politics for the sake of power.
He said Congress has always sacrificed power for people and it will continue to remain committed to address the concerns of the people in Jammu, Kashmir and Ladakh. He took a dig at previous PDP- BJP regime for failing to respect the mandate, saying that both the Parties played emotional cards from time to time and misled the people on various counts for the sake of coming into power, but at the same time, he felt confident that people of Jammu and Kashmir have rejected both (PDP- BJP), he said.
Mir urged upon the Party Cadres to remain connected with the people on ground and ensure that problems confronting them (people) are resolved. He also emphasized the cadres to remain enthusiastic and committed to the cause of serving people to the best of their ability, for the fact, Congress has served the people and it will continue to serve them and ensure equitable development of all the three regions in the state, Mir said.
On this occasion he also cautioned about the designs of BJP-RSS, who are desperate enough after losing three heartland states to Congress Party and said, BJP can go to any extent to mislead people for electoral gains, which has to be countered and defeated in the larger interests of the people, he said.
Senior party leaders Farooq Andrabi, Gulzar Ahmad Wani, Gulam Nabi Mir Lasjan,Surinder Singh Channi, Shameema Iqbal, Abid Kashmiri, Mohd Iqbal Mir, Irfan Naqib, Mohd Yousuf Bhat, Dr Sayeed Ahmad and others were also present on the occasion.