Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, June 1: Pradesh Congress Committee (PCC) president Prof Saif-ud-Din Soz has said that Congress Party would continue its struggle for seeking 73rd Amendment with regard to Panchayati Raj Act.
Addressing party workers at Khanabal (Anantnag) today, the PCC chief said that Congress party has already declared that on 73rd Amendment its stand was very clear. The party feels that unless these provisions are incorporated into the Panchayati Act of J&K, the Sarpanchs and Panchs can never be empowered. He claimed that Congress party’s struggle for achieving this goal would be continued. He further said that it was in the fitness of things to hold elections to the Local Bodies as early as possible.
Prof Soz claimed that Congress Party would emerge as the single largest party in the 2014 Assembly elections. Responding to local demands, the PCC chief assured that he would take up the matter regarding introduction of certain important subjects at the south campus, with the Chancellor of the Kashmir University. He further assured fulfillment of the other demands.
Prominent among others who addressed the gathering including minister for Haj, Auqaf and Floriculture Peerzada Mohd Sayed, Minister for Tourism Ghulam Ahmed Mir, Muzaffar Hussain Parray, G N Monga, Bashir Magray (all MLCs), Mohd Anwar Bhat and Gulzar Ahmed Wani.
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