Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU Sept 4: Provincial President Devender Singh Rana on Wednesday described National Conference as a deep rooted mass movement enjoying unimpeachable standing across Jammu and Kashmir.
“NC is the only party with credible footprints in all the 87 Assembly constituencies of the State”, he declared while addressing party workers at Sher-e-Kashmir Bhavan here this morning.
Mr Rana exhorted the party workers to get activated for big democratic exercise next year and said the political atmosphere enveloping across the State is highly conducive for National Conference with people eager to give it a decisive mandate. He referred to his extensive visit of the Jammu region in recent months and exuded confidence that the party will emerge as a force to reckon with in the ensuing elections.
“I am confident that National Conference will bag maximum seats across the region and prove that it was equally popular in Jammu division”, he said, adding that the party is poised for massive victory both in Parliamentary and Assembly elections.
Taking dig at political soothsayers, he said those patting their backs over standing in the political arena will find political drought by not even finding candidates to field for the contest in certain constitutencies. Without naming any party, he said many of these are aberrations which have emerged as a result accident in the wake of disturbed conditions. They are the proxies, enjoying presence in limited areas, he maintained.
While envisioning a big role for National Conference in the state polity, its development and empowerment of people, Mr Rana cautioned people against disruptive, divisive and communal elements, saying that in a bid to gain cheap mileage they may try to vitiate the atmosphere. “They have a vested interest in disturbed conditions and therefore maintain vigil against their machinations”, he said and pledged that National Conference will stand like a rock against their tentacles.
The Provincial President said the role of National Conference in political renaissance of Jammu and Kashmir cannot be undermined, as the founding fathers awakened the people from deep slumber and empowered them to fight for their rights. “We are inheritors of great political legacy and it is incumbent upon all of us to work for strengthening the bonds of amity and brotherhood”, Mr Rana said and urged the workers to fan out in their areas for strengthening further the party for meeting the challenge.
Those who participated in the meeting in Rattan Lal Gupta Sate Vice President, Laxami Dutta Provincial President Women Wing, Sheikh Bashir Ahmad Provincial Secretary, S.S Bunty YNC, Rampal Ex-MLC, Th. Kashmira Singh Ex- MLC, Gurdeep Singh Sasan, Pt. Govind Ram Sharma Ex -MLA, Begum Zubeda Salaria Ex-MLA, Jugal Mahajan, Satpal Lakhotra, Rajesh Bakashi, S Tony and others.
Meanwhile, Mr Rana constituted National Conference Displaced Persons Cell, Jammu and appointed Rajiv Chunni as its first Chairperson.
The Cell will look after the interests and seek solution to the problems being confronted by Pakistan occupied Kashmir Refugees of 1947, 1965 and 1971.
The Provincial President urged Mr Chunni to maintain close rapport with the displaced people and advice the party to frame up response to mitigate their problems.
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