‘Jobs need to be created, infrastructure required to be built at par with the modern standards’
STATE TIMES NEWS
SRINAGAR: 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.
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.
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.
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 and Kaiser Jin.
