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Omar blows election bigul terms LS polls a battle of ideologies
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Friday, 7 March 2014
8:18 pm
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Jammu: Describing ensuing elections as
clash of ideologies and battle between secular and communal forces, Chief
Minister Omar Abdullah on Friday exuded confidence about the victory
at the strength of his party’s commitment to public service and time tested
secular credentials.
According to a statement issued by NC to KNS, Omar said:
“This is an opportunity for people to make a discernible choice between
communal and secular forces.” He was addressing the party functionaries
including sitting and former legislators from the Jammu division at
Sher-e-Kashmir Bhavan here this afternoon. Omar said that these will be also
endorsement of the people to polices, programmes and performance of the
government during over past five years”.
Omar Abdullah said that National Conference rank and file
has been pressed into election gear across the State, with workers stepping up
their mass contact campaign”, he said, adding that the performance of his
government has been inspiring and innovative, especially with respect to
empowering people through Panchayat Raj Institutions, taking governance at
grass roots level and making administration accountable and responsive by
introducing Right to Information and Public Services Guarantee legislations.
Therefore, he maintained that each vote would be endorsement of the people
friendly and progressive programmes and initiatives undertaken by his
government for the inclusive development and implementation of welfare schemes
in all the three regions during more than five years.
The NC Working President said that people of Jammu and
Kashmir have all along fought the communal, deceptive and disruptive elements
and will do so in future as well. He said his party is committed to strengthen
secular forces by isolating divisive and communal elements, who were posing a
big threat to peace and harmony across the country. “We won’t allow them to
vitiate the atmosphere by generating ill-will between communities for
furthering their nefarious political agenda”, he declared.
Spelling out the crucial role played by National
Conference during most testing times in the history, Mr Omar Abdullah recalled
the sacrifices offered by its towering leaders and committed workers in
upholding the special entity of the State and dignity of its people. He
described workers as real strength of the party and hoped they will carry
forward the mission chartered by Sher-e-Kashmir to make Jammu and Kashmir a
prosperous, peaceful and forward looking State. He made a mention of path
breaking decisions taken in this regard by successive NC governments and the
present dispensation and assured that this odyssey will continue with renewed
vigour and confidence.
Speaking on the occasion, Provincial President Devender
Singh Rana assured the high command that party rank and file is fully prepared
to take the ensuing democratic exercise to its logical conclusion.
“While being confident about registering massive win in
Jammu and Kashmir, the party is looking forward to ensure that the victory
comes with a big margin”, he said while eulogizing the performance of the
government under the towering stewardship of Mr Omar Abdullah. He said the
report card of Omar led coalition government has been enviable and the
performance in various sectors of development appreciable. “This momentum has
to be maintained to assuage the urges and aspirations of the people in all the
three regions and their sub-regions”, he maintained.
Various speakers assured the Chief Minister that they
will go all out to ensure the victory of all the six candidates contesting the
parliamentary elections. Those who addressed the meeting included senior party
leaders, Minister for Planning and Development Mr Ajay Kumar Sadhotra, MLAs Mr
Surjeet Singh Slathia, Kr Rachpal Singh and Mr Aijaz Jan besides Syed Mushtaq
Ahmed Shah Bukhari, Mr Abdul Gani Malik, Mr Khalid Najeeb Suharwardhy, Mr
Ajayshatru Singh, Choudhry Talib Hussain and Mirza Abdul Rasheed. The meeting
discussed election related issues and took several decisions to gear up the
party at all the levels.
Present in the meeting were the legislators Dr. Shenaz
Ganai and Bimla Luthra besides Rattan Lal Gupta, Th. Kashmira Singh, Babu Ram
Pal, Brij Mohan Sharma, Mrs. Vijay Lakshmi Dutta, Jugal Mahajan, Gurdeep Singh
Sassan, Surinder Singh Bunty, District Presidents, District Secretaries,
contested candidates and senior functionaries of various wings of National
Conference. (KNS)
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