“Jobs need to be created, infrastructure required to be built at par with the
modern standards”
Srinagar, Dec 25: Former Chief Minister & Chairman Democratic Azad Party
Ghulam Nabi Azad on Sunday said that he will ensure that every person living
in Jammu and Kashmir will feel safe if his party is elected to power after
elections. Mr Azad showed concerns over the growing insecurity among the
locals of Kashmir in general and minority Kashmir pandits in particular given
the recent target killings by terrorists in the last several years which forced
minority people to flee. “We need an era of development in Jammu and
Kashmir that provides equal economic opportunities to all. Jobs need to be
created, infrastructure required to be built at par with the modern standards.
That is how an all-round development takes place,” he told hundreds of
workers at party headquarters. Mr Azad said that dwelling economic
opportunities in Jammu Kashmir have pushed people to the wall. It allows
terrorism to flourish. If we are in power after elections, I assure you Jammu
Kashmir will flourish, a new dawn of peace and development will be set in
with every citizen part of it,” he said. He expressed his displeasure over the
security concerns of Kashmiri Pandits and said the government must ensure
their safety and security. “Our Pandit brethren have been protesting for several
months after facing attacks in Kashmir. All they demand is safety and security
and the government should consider their demands,” he urged the government.
Mr Azad said when he was the chief minister of erstwhile state, he ensured that
everyone living in Jammu Kashmir is safe but now the concerns over security
are growing. “We will ensure this situation doesn’t prevail and Kashmir is back
to normalcy with every citizen feeling safe if we are forming the government,”
he said. “Stating that no political and economic roadmap was created by the
successive regimes in Jammu and Kashmir, he said DAP is offering an
alternative political force that will set economy and development as its priority.
“They had no roadmap. They are doing politics on pity issues. DAP is the
alternative force that will defeat these parties with overwhelming majority
since people have realized the need for change in Jammu Kashmir,” he said.
Among others present on the occasion were G. M. Saroori Vice Chairman
DAP, Mohd Amin Bhat Provincial President, Gulzar Ahmed Wani Zonal
President South Kashmir, Peer Bilal Zonal President Central Kashmir,
Mushtaq Ahmed Khanday District President Shopian, Gulzar Khatana,
Ab. Gani Khan, Sujada Bashir Spokesperson, Mir Ruvais, Amir Rasool, Kaiser
Jin and others.
