STATE TIMES NEWS
JAMMU: Expressing his concern over the issues concerning to people of Jammu, be it Sarore Toll Plaza, poor electricity supply or installation of smart meters, Chairman Democratic Progressive Azad Party and former Chief Minister of J&K Ghulam Nabi Azad on Saturday urged the LG administration to redress the grievances as soon as possible.
“I am upset and disturbed over the sufferings of people in Jammu and seek early redressal from LG administration on these crucial issues of Sarore toll plaza, smart meters and poor electricity supply,” Azad said.
The DPAP has received a big boost as members of minority Christian community joined the party in presence of Ghulam Nabi Azad here.
According to a party statement, scores of members of Christian community led by John Paul Gill joined DPAP and expressed their support to the party for being fair to the minority community as the party embraces all segments of society.
Apart from members of Christian community, several other youth leaders and social activists including AK Sharma of Khour constituency also joined the party.
Welcoming them, Azad affirmed that he believes in inclusive politics and his decade of political career was reflective of no discrimination on the basis of religion, region or caste.
Earlier, DPAP Chairman chaired a meeting of Jammu Central Zone and directed the party leaders to formulate the Block as well as Panchayat Committees within the next three weeks. Azad also explained the format of committees.
Prominent among those present in the meeting included provincial and zonal committees of Jammu Central Zone including, R S Chib, Jugal Kishore Sharma, Ch Gharu Ram, Arvinder Singh Micky, Vinod Mishra, Anita Thakur, Prabha Slathia, Gurmeet Kaur, Brijeshwar Singh ‘Indoo’, Birinder Pratap Singh, Balbir Singh, Vishal Chopra, Khursheed Bhatt and Pinky Manhas.
General Secretary R S Chib and Jugal Kishore Sharma, Provincial President reminded people about the tenure of Ghulam Nabi Azad as chief minister and described it as a golden period of governance. They also welcomed the new entrants on behalf of all leaders present over there.