Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Mar 26: Reiterating resolve of his party to restore peace and tranquillity in Jammu and Kashmir, patron of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) Mufti Mohammad Sayeed today said that the PDP has earned faith and credibility through its convictions and commitments.
“Getting power in not the only agenda of PDP, our party is movement to change destiny of the people and to establish a system of justice and equality in Jammu and Kashmir”, Mufti said, while addressing a function to welcome Choudhary Najib Ullah, a young leader as well as state general secretary of BSP and Mirza Muzaffar Beg, former president of Pradesh Youth Congress (PYC) who joined PDP along with hundreds of their supporters today.
Mufti said that with the strength of just 16 MLAs in 2002, PDP had changed political discourse of the State and restored dignity and honour of the people Jammu and Kashmir. “It was result of our convictions that successive Governments at New Delhi had supported whenever steps we had taken during our tenure”, he said.
“Our party, through its pro-peace policies, has consolidated reconciliation process and facilitated the efforts of establishing lasting peace in this region”, he said but regretted that the present regime has derailed the whole process of peace and development. “Prevailing chaos and instability is outcome of the wrong policies of the present regime”, he said but asserted that PDP would continue to work for peace and stability in this region.
Speaking on the occasion, Choudhary Najib Ullah and Muzaffar Beg said they have joined PDP due to the policies and programmes of the party. They said that that visionary agenda of PDP was the only practical and viable solution of all problems of theState.
Sardar Rangil Singh, Nizamadun Bhat, MLA, Bhasharat Bukhari, MLA, Peerzada Mansoor, Ved Mahajan, Daman Bhasin, Shanti Devi, Asgar Ali, Ch. Hussain Ali Wafa, Ashok Jogi, Mehboob Iqbal and Dupinder Kour were among others who spoke on the occasion