Srinagar, July 2:(KNS)    Chairman People's Democratic Front (PDF ) Hakeem Yaseen has said that the practice of ‘Darbar Move’  was imperative for inter- regional integration adding that any change in the centuries old practice shall have disastrous  repercussions on the social,economical and cultural ties  between the people of Kashmir and Jammu. 

   In a statement issued on Friday Hakeem Yaseen while terming the proposal to do away with the centuries old practice of Darbar Move ' against the overall interests of the country and the people of jammu and kashmir  , has urged the Central government and Lieutenant Governor  to shelve the proposal out rightly. He said the practice of Darbar Move was imperative for a wide integration between the people of kashmir and jammu adding that doing away with the practice was a wrong decision from  the social and economical  point of view. He said majority of traders and businessmen of jammu region have publicly  expressed their displeasure and resentment against  the proposal to do away with the practice of Darbar Move. "       

   " Government should not see  the practice of Darbar Move only from the point of budget expenditure but as an effective means for public interaction and integration, " Hakeem Yaseen maintained. He said movement of lakhs of people from kashmir to jammu and vice versa in connection with 

“Darbar Move was a big means of social interaction and people-to-people contact. He said Darbar Move is a vision of Maharaja of Kashmir to connect people of two regions socially  emotionally and ecomically adding that stopping of the practice would be totally against the overall interests of the county especially for the people of jammu and kashmir.(KNS)