NC exploited people of remote areas for vote bank for 60 years: Saroori

Excelsior Correspondent

KUCHAL, Oct 18: Claiming credit for setting out Inderwal on the path of progress and development since 2002 after people of this Constituency reposed confidence in Congress Party, Jammu and Kashmir Pradesh Congress Committee (JKPCC) vice president and MLA Inderwal, Ghulam Mohammad Saroori said that he does not want to say that Inderwal has attained highest pinnacles of development during the past 15 years, but no one can deny the fact that a solid beginning has been made since 2002.
Saroori said this while addressing workers meeting at Kuchal area of Eub-Division Chatroo said today Inderwal is on the threshold of entering into a new phase of prosperity and progress.
He said “I do not say that everything has been achieved, but I can say with full conviction that it is Congress party which has demonstrated intentions, will and ability to develop this tough region of the State’’. Hitting out at the National Conference, Saroori said that people are aware how the remote and backward areas were used as vote- banks for almost sixty years by N C and it is only Congress Party which made sincere beginning to initiate development activities.
Urging the people to vote heavily in favour of Congress candidates in the Panchayat poll and upcoming Parliament & Assembly polls, Saroori expressed confidence that Congress party under the leadership of Ghulam Nabi Azad will be able to realize the dream of making Chenab Valley a “model region” of the State. Unfolding Azad’s vision for Chenab Valley, Saroori said that he will strive to make it a modern and progressive region of the State if people repose their faith in him and his party, adding that development became an achievable notion and a realizable goal in J&K during the tenure of UPA Governments.