Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, Sept 7: Governor, N N Vohra, Chief Minister, Mufti Mohammad Sayeed and National Conference President and Working President, Farooq Abdullah and Omar Abdullah today paid rich tributes to former Chief Minister of the State, Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah on his death anniversary.
In his message, the Governor recalled the period during which Sheikh Abdullah had worked with eminent national leaders like Mahatma Gandhi and Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru and had strived for strengthening the cherished values of secularism and democracy. The Governor referred the crucial Land Reforms pioneered by Sheikh Abdullah, which had laid the foundations of equitable development of the State, and the high priority which he had devoted to the establishment of health and education facilities.
In his message, Chief Minister, Mufti Mohammad Sayeed, has described Sheikh Abdullah as a guiding force and leading light of the freedom struggle, who, besides making the movement inclusive, unveiled revolutionary socio-economic programmes for laying a sound edifice of Naya Jammu & Kashmir.
“After taking over power, he pioneered some historic decisions on land reforms and good governance, which included the concept of Single Line Administration that brought about socio-economic emancipation of the people at the grassroots level,” he added.
Remembering Sher-i-Kashmir Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah on his 33rd death anniversary being observed tomorrow, NC President Dr Farooq Abdullah and Working President Omar Abdullah paid rich tributes to the late leader describing him as the architect and founder of educative, progressive and secular democratic society in Jammu and Kashmir based on justice, equality and amity between all regions and all sections of the society.
Highlighting the struggle and sacrifices made by Sher-i-Kashmir for the cause of people and the State throughout his life, Dr Farooq Abdullah and Omar Abdullah said that welfare and public empowerment was his cherished desire and he made all possible endeavours in this direction.
Dr Farooq said that Sher-i-Kashmir Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah laid the edifice of ‘Naya Kashmir’ with a clear vision of public empowerment and involvement in the formulation and implementation of development plans in accordance with the aspirations of the people and requirements of the areas.
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