Srinagar November 13:(KNS) Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has extended warm greetings to the people on Diwali, the festival of lights, and hoped that this auspicious occasion would be a harbinger of peace, progress and prosperity in Jammu and Kashmir.

The PDP spokesman in a message of felicitations said that this festival symbolizes the triumph of truth and righteousness over falsehood and of good over evil and highlights the ethos and high values of the country’s civilizational history. “The party hopes that the festival would further strengthen the bonds of communal harmony, brotherhood, amity, tranquility and secularism, which are the hallmarks of our glorious composite cultural traditions,” said the PDP spokesman in a statement issued here.

He added that on this auspicious occasion the party prays that all good values of love, compassion, tolerance, mutual respect and brotherhood become a hallmark of our society to take forward Jammu and Kashmir on the path of lasting peace. (KNS)