SRINAGAR: Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti today reiterated the commitment and resolve of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party to work for mitigating the sufferings of people of the State.
Addressing a meeting of District and Zonal Presidents of the Party here, Ms Mufti, who is the president of PDP, said the party was formed to strengthen democratic ethos in the State by providing an alternative narrative, thereby giving voice to sentiments of people.
Ever since its formation, she said, the PDP has been voicing the issues of people, in and out of power. ”As a result it got the discourse about the state changed and a vast constituency of peace, reconciliation and dialogue was gradually evolved,” she said.
Ms Mufti said it was a major achievement that her Government attained almost unanimity of sentiments and emotions of all the sections and regions in the state in the recently implemented GST.
”The apprehensions, as expressed by certain quarters, were allayed and the special position of the state was reaffirmed and reassured in the Presidential Order, as the Party has been standing for,” she said. (AGENCIES)
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