National Conference vice president Omar Abdullah today presided over a provincial committee meet of Kashmir province at party headquarters Nawa-e-Subha, here.
In the hour-long meet, party vice president applauded theparty functionaries for conducting segment wise conventions across theprovince. The party vice president said the need of the hour was to step up theefforts towards greater interaction with the public across the state.
In a statement, NC spokesperson said a range of issuesconcerning the party and the state were deliberated upon in the meet.”Vice president, while exuding confidence into the functionaries said thatthe need of the hour was to maintain the momentum of parliamentary elections upto assembly elections. He said that there was no scope for smugness andgratification as the challenge ahead of the party was bigger,” thestatement said.
“Acquiring power has never been the party’s goal andthe party will continue to highlight the woes of people determinedly. Servingthe people of the state, protecting the interests of the state and upholdingthe pluralistic visage of our state has been the core of party ideology. It isour duty to highlight the woes of people. We owe a sense of duty to towards thepeople of the state irrespective of their caste, creed and religiousaffiliations. The party functionaries should amplify their efforts to raiseissues which are distressing people,” he said. “The party has gone throughworst of times and was subjected to the worst machinations but with the supportof people it trounced all those efforts that aim at fiddling with statesspecial character,” he said.
Omar urged the incumbent governor administration to utilizeits resources to reduce the mounting woes of people. Omar said the main agendaof the party is to salvage the people of the state towards safe shores. Theneed of the hour calls for taking the Naya Kashmir agenda of the party to eachdoorstep.
Among others party’s general secretary Ali Muhammad Sagar,additional general secretary Dr Sheikh Mustufa Kamal, Provincial PresidentNasir AslamWani, Muhammad Akbar Lone, Abdul Rahim Rather, Muhammad Shafi Uri,SakinaItoo, Aga Syed Ruhullah Mehdi, Mubarak Gul, Shariefud din Shariq, AliMohammad Dar, Dr Bashir Veeri were also present on the occasion. Besides,district presidents, district-level functionaries, constituency in-charges, YNCfunctionaries, women’s wing, media cell functionaries also attended the meet.