NC committed to protect J&K's cultural diversity: Sagar

Address party functionaries in SK Bhawan Jammu

Address party functionaries in SK Bhawan Jammu

Asks party functionaries to prepare for forthcoming Sher e Kashmir's death anniversary observance


Jammu Sep 02 (KNS):  The Jammu and Kashmir National Conference General Secretary Ali Muhammad Sagar on Friday said that the party is committed to country’s secularist tradition and unity in diversity.

This he said while presiding over a meeting of Party functionaries of Samba, Reasi and Kathua districts at Sher-e-Kashmir Bhawan, Jammu. 

While addressing the functionaries Sagar said that the defining characteristics of NC has been that it has been able to sustain democratic governance and equitable development of all ethnic, linguistic, and religious groups in J&K. Kashmiris, Dogras, Gujjars, Paharis have all remained deeply attached to their sense of collective history and to their identity. Efforts that are being made to break this bond will be resisted and its JKNC under the able leadership of Dr Farooq Abdullah and Omar Abdullah is spearheading this movement once again,” he said adding, “People of J&K are fed-up with the hollow promises made over the period last four years. It's time that we tell the people in power that enough is enough. Nobody can take the people of J&K for granted."

Among others Rattan Lal Gupta Provincial President Jammu Province, Sheikh Bashir Ahmed Provincial Secretary, Abdul Gani Malik former minister and Zone President Udhampur Reasi, Brij Mohan Sharma Provincial Vice President, Surinder Singh Bunty Provincial Vice President, Jagjeevan Lal former minister and District President Reasi, Jugal Mahajan, Bushan Lal Bhat Ex-MLC, Dr. Chaman Lal Bhagat Ex-MLA, Deepinder Kour Ex-MLC, Vijay Lochan P.P SC Cell, Abdul Gani Teli P.P OBC Cell, Bimla Luthra Ex-MLA, Mohinder Singh, Pardeep Bali,Satwant Kour Dogra P.P Womens Wing Jammu Province and others.
 
Sagar said that there is no scope of communal politics in J&K saying the people of the region, particularly Jammu have long been living in amity and brotherhood. "Jammu has whole heartedly welcomed distressed groups from all the corners of the region. Communal harmony has long been the harmony of the people of Jammu, Pir Panjal and Chenab. It is high time that we join our efforts to protect this priced heirloom of ours," he said. On the occasion he asked the party cadre to gear up for the upcoming observance of Sher e Kashmir's death anniversary.  

In his address Rattan Lal Gupta said, “NC has always been a great advocate of secularism and will continue to do so. We don't need lessons of secularism from others. Our party has withstood all the vestibules of time. It was in our efforts that father of the nation Mahatma Gandhi saw a ray of hope.” 

He further added, “The youth of Jammu are hankering for basic rights. Unemployment has reached its crescendo. In the forthcoming elections, people of Jammu have made up their minds to teach the BJP and its cronies a lesson of their life.” (KNS) 

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