DAILY EXCELSIOR, JAMMU FRIDAY, DECEMBER 4, 2020 (PAGE 3) India stands committed to retrieve Elect only PAGD candidates to fight PoJK: Dr Jitendra for rights: Omar to people Excelsior Correspondent between India and Pakistan. grassroot empowerment. Excelsior Correspondent Dr Jitendra Singh said, PDP, It is during the Modi govern- JAMMU, Dec 3 : Union National Conference and ment, said Dr. Jitendra Singh, SRINAGAR, Dec 3: The Minister Dr. Jitendra Singh said Congress have been consistently that two years back 4% reserva- Jammu and Kashmir National today that India stands commit- represented in the Indian tion was provided to the resi- Conference Party Vice President ted to retrieve Pak occupied Parliament and even today they dents of IB on the same lines as Omar Abdullah today said that Jammu & Kashmir (PoJK) and have sitting MPs in the to those living along LoC . He Dr. Farooq Abdullah led PAGD that is the only issue outstanding Parliament, which implies that accused the earlier governments is upbeat with the unprecedented between India and Pakistan. these parties are also part of this of playing vote bank politics and support it is receiving from peo- There is no such issue as unanimous resolution but simply having given reservation to LoC ple across Jammu and Kashmir Kashmir issue and Jammu & for opportunistic political inter- areas because they were getting and that there is no question of Kashmir is as similar and as ests, such demands are being their MLAs and Ministers elect- Principal Secretary to LG, Nitishwar Kumar during visit to double speak about supporting ed from those areas but denied Mubarak Mandi Complex on Thursday. the best candidate because the the same benefit to the children best candidate for J&K and to living in the adjacent part of the Principal Secy to LG inspects fight to restore what we have NC Vice President Omar Abdullah chairing a meeting in border simply because this did lost are the PAGD candidates. Srinagar. —Excelsior/Shakeel not constitute their vote bank. He made these comments an emancipated world and in the future also, because we are not The Modi government has cor- ongoing works at Mubarak Mandi while chairing a meet of central post independent India, where fighting for power," he further rected this inhuman injustice to Excelsior Correspondent site could be resorted at the earli- zone functionaries at Nawa e anyone who is participating in a said. the youth of this area, he said. est. Subah, Srinagar. Among others democratic exercise is being Participating in DDC elec- Referring to development, JAMMU, Dec 3: Principal Reiterating the Government’s party’s General Secretary Haji Ali intimidated and vilified." tions is part of the struggle for Dr. Jitendra Singh said, the work Secretary to Lieutenant Governor, commitment towards conservation Muhammad Sagar, Additional On the other hand there are the restoration of our rights of construction of bunkers, Nitishwar Kumar today visited the and protection of the rich culture General Secretary Dr Sheikh people who are working against which were spitefully annexed roads bridges which had been Mubarak Mandi Complex and and heritage of J&K, the Principal Mustafa Kamal, Provincial the interests of Jammu and by the ruling BJP .We are fight- Union Minister Dr. Jitendra Singh during DDC election cam- inspected the ongoing restoration Secretary said that special focus is President Nasir Aslam Wani, Kashmir. Considering the immi- ing to see our state flag hoisted paign along the International Border in district Jammu, on and renovation work of the her- being laid on protection and Senior leaders Mian Altaf Ahmed, nent threat people of J&K have next to the national flag. Thursday. itage site. restoration of places with heritage Mubarak Gul, Agha Syed made it a point to give a befit- Moreover, we aren’t seeking Divisional Commissioner significance like Mubarak Mandi Mahmood, Irfan Shah, central ting reply to such forces which anything outside the ambit of the much a part of India as any other made when the District Jammu, Sanjeev Verma; complex. Zone President Ali Muhammad are working in the direction country’s constitution, we are State or Union Territory, he said. Development Council election Executive Director Mubarak He directed the officers for Dar, Sheikh Ishfaq Jabbar, Dr. fighting for the rights which are Addressing a series of public campaign is going on in the Muhammad Shafi, political advi- * Watch video on Mandi Heritage Society, Deepika executing all works and engaging www.excelsiornews.com there in the constitution itself,” meetings during District Kashmir valley. Sharma; consultants; members of conservation experts as per norms sor to vice president Tanvir Sadiq, he said. Development Council (DDC) While addressing a public the executing agencies and other and further asked the executing provincial secretary Showkat which are not in the interest of “A false perception is being election campaign along the meeting just about 3 to 4 kilo- senior officers accompanied the agencies to prepare a detailed draft Ahmed Mir, vice provincial presi- the nation in general and J&K in sold about Roshni Scheme but International Border (IB) in meters away from the border, Principal Secretary during the of the future course of action for dent Syed Tauqeer Ahmed, particular, he added. how could it possibly be illegal Khour, Pargwal and other areas Dr. Jitendra Singh said, just as visit. the restoration work of the heritage Spokesperson ImranNabi Dar, He said that the party has when it was passed by the state in district Jammu, Dr. Jitendra Prime Minister Narendra Modi The Principal Secretary visited complex. YNC PP Salman Ali Sagar, given primacy to the interests of legislature and also accorded Singh was responding to a sug- has made it possible to take different sections and segments of Meanwhile, Nitishwar Kumar provincial president women’s the people of J&K over its own concurrence by the then gestion by certain Gupkar lead- decisions like abrogation of the Mubarak Mandi Complex to conducted a tour of Samba district wing Er. Sabiya Qadri, Ahsan interests only to ensure that real- Governor. In the spree of mount- ers that India should initiate Article 370 and holding of DDC have on ground appraisal of the and inspected the proposed sites for Pardesi, Mudassar Shahmiri, ization that has dawned upon the ing tirade on PAGD, BJP fails to talks with Pakistan. He referred elections which were considered pending for last seven decades ongoing work and passed neces- establishment of District Youth Younis Gul, Ghulam Nabi political parties in J&K is able to remember that it was the same to the unanimous resolution of impossible, similarly this task of in the border areas has been sary directions for expediting the Centre under Mission Youth Jammu Tailbali, Advocate Shabir Ahmed, endure the antagonism from Governor’s post which was cal- Parliament passed in 1994 retrieving PoJK will also be taken up only in the last 5 to 6 restoration and renovation works and Kashmir, besides reviewing Asiya Jameel and Asif Noor were BJP, its Team-B. “Ditching all lously, unconstitutionally and wherein it was unanimously accomplished by the Modi gov- years. He said, Prime Minister of the heritage complex. functioning of District Employment also present in the meet. the allegations that it was the undemocratically used to dis- accepted by all parties that ernment. He said, people of Narendra Modi himself takes He sought a detailed briefing and Counseling Centre. The issues concerning the power that the party hankered member and disenfranchise the Pakistan has to vacate the areas PoJK have been for a long time personal interest in the welfare on progress of the restoration Chief Executive Officer, party were discussed in the for, our party president took a state. If we go by BJP's analogy, of the Indian State of Jammu & deprived of the benefits of of the people living here and that works inside the complex and Mission Youth J&K, Dr. Syed meeting, besides that predica- lead and cobbled an alliance for then all the measures which Kashmir which continue to democracy and it is our commit- is why innovative initiatives like structures that needs to be pre- Abid Rasheed Shah accompanied ments faced by the people on the restoration of restoration of were carried out by the governor remain under its illegal occupa- ment to them that we have to construction of bunkers and served, besides several other the Principal Secretary during the various accounts were also dis- J&Ks identity," he said, adding are principally illegal because it tion even after so many years make them a beneficiary of insurance for cattle etc., have important issues pertaining to visit. cussed in the meeting. The par- party president knew that the didn’t even receive the assent of and that is the only issue India’s democratic system with been introduced. restoration of Dogra Art Museum, The DYCs have been con- ticipants gave their estimation of movement we get splintered, our the state legislature,” he said. preservation of historical records, ceived to be spaces for providing the prevailing political situation political adversaries in the shape “Why is it that only PAGD is restoration and conservation of state-of-the-art facilities in modern in their respective areas. of BJP, and its team of pliant targeted? What about BJP’s own BJP trying to divert attention of various components. plush ambiences for the youth to While addressing the meet, stooges will get a free run to members whose names in fact During his visit to the facilitate actualizing their unique the vice president said, “We are trade off all vital interests of have propped up in the land Museum, the Principal Secretary skill and potential.