Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, June 3: Senior National Conference leaders of the Jammu province today decided to a launch mass contact programme and apprise the people about achievements registered by Omar Abdullah led Government during the past five and half years.
“The report card of the Government is envious”, the leaders felt at a meeting held at Sher-e-Kashmir Bhavan here this afternoon, hoping that this odyssey will continue with renewed vigour in future as well.
Provincial President Devender Singh Rana, S Harbans Singh, Surjit Singh Slathia, Rattan Lal Gupta, Mushtaq Ahmad Bukhari, Thakur Kashmira Singh, Mirza Abdul Rasheed, Babu Ram Paul, Gurdeep Singh Sasan, Jugal Mahajan, Haji Mohammed Hussain and Sheikh Bashir Ahmed were among others who participated in the meeting.
The meeting took stock of the overall political scenario obtaining in the region, especially in the backdrop of the poll outcome of recent Parliamentary elections. The meeting also discussed in detail the party affairs and felt the need for mobilizing basic party units at block and district levels for the ensuing Assembly elections.
National Conference leaders said that party holds promise for development and peace in the State, adding that while solid basis have been laid in this regard, much more is still required to be done.
The leaders lauded the role of grass root level functionaries and workers and acknowledged their tireless efforts in carrying forward the party agenda with focus on furthering the policies and programmes of National Conference. They noted with satisfaction the hard work put in by rank and file during the recent elections and hoped that given the enthusiasm, the party will emerge victorious in the upcoming elections.
Complimenting the party cadre, Mr Rana said that history is testimony to the fact that National Conference has emerged with much more strength amid challenges. “We have to gear up for big democratic exercise in the coming months and given the enthusiasm of our workers at grass roots level, we are confident to steer the legacy of Sher-e-Kashmir Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah to massive success”, he asserted.