Anantnag, Jun 09 (KNS): Jammu and Kashmir People’s Democratic Party Chief Spokesperson and Former MLA Pahalgam Rafi Ahmad Mir today addressed a day long convention of party workers in Anantnag district of South Kashmir.

Highlighting the crucial role of young people in steering out Jammu and Kashmir from the crisis like situation, Mir said “The aspirations of the people will be met by elected representatives only and at present Jammu and Kashmir government has failed in assuaging the aspirations of the people, especially the youth of South Kashmir”.

He said a a decisive battle is needed to be fought against divisive forces, who have taken central stage by exploiting regional and religious sentiments to further their myopic and nefarious political agenda.Click Here To Follow Our WhatsApp ChannelThis can be possible only when youth come forward in a big way and help in changing the political discourse by forging unity and strengthening the bonds of amity between different segments of society and different regions of the state, he added.

Mir said the youth can play a bigger role in making the government deliver, as development has come to grinding halt and administration is in a paralytic mode due to lack of political direction. The youth leaders present in the meeting also highlighted the local problems of educated and unemployed youth. (KNS)