Party stands for upliftment of downtrodden : Hassan Mir

Apni Party senior leader Gh. Hassan Mir & others at a party meeting in Jammu on Sunday.
Apni Party senior leader Gh. Hassan Mir & others at a party meeting in Jammu on Sunday.

Apni Party inducts SC, OBC office bearers

Excelsior Correspondent

JAMMU, Dec 20: Apni Party today appointed four members of Other Backward Classes (OBC) and Schedule Caste (SC) community as new office bearers of District Jammu Rural unit.
In a meeting held here today, State coordinator of OBC, Madan Chalotra and State coordinator of SC Unit, Bodh Raj Bhagat announced appointment of four office bearers of District Jammu Rural in presence of senior vice president, Ghulam Hassan Mir, general secretary Vijay Bakaya, Provincial president Manjit Singh, Provincial president Women Wing, Namrata Sharma and others at Gandhi Nagar office of the Party in Jammu.
Sat Paul Verma has been appointed as OBC District president (Rural) and Kuldeep Raj as vice-president OBC District Jammu (Rural). Sunil Kumar Bhagat has been appointed as District president Schedule Caste (SC) Jammu Rural and Ajay Rana as District general secretary of Schedule Caste Unit Jammu Rural.
Speaking on the occasion, Ghulam Hassan Mir congratulated the new office bearers of Jammu Rural and hoped that they will contribute towards their respective communities for their upliftment.
“Apni Party stands for the upliftment of OBC and SC communities in J&K and supports every effort for their welfare. Both the communities have faced neglect by the previous Govts and they need representation in real sense so that their decades old problems can be resolved,” Mir said.
He said that in entire country OBC has 27 % reservation and the same should be implemented in J&K. By providing them opportunities in education and reservation in jobs, the oppressed class will be able to provide education to their children and it will open employment opportunities for them.”
Welcoming their appointment, the former MLC Vijay Bakaya complimented the OBC State Coordinator Chalotra and State Coordinator SC, Bodh Raj Bhagat for taking the initiative to strengthen the base of the Apni Party OBC and SC Cells by making District wise office bearers.
Provincial president, Manjit Singh and Women Wing president Namrata Sharma also spoke on the occasion.
Some senior party members like Ex-MLA Faqir Nath, Pranav Shagotra, Vajinder Singh Dutta, Abhay Bakaya, Gourav Kapoor, Shanker Singh Chib, Nirmal Kotwal, Ajaz Kazmi, Saleem Choudhary, Sardeesh Rana, Sanjay Dhar and others were also present on the occasion.