“Azad worked for betterment, others only exploited people”
Jammu, June 22: A meeting of Democratic Progressive Azad party (DPAP) workers was held at Gool Sangaldan in district Ramban on Thursday. The meeting was chaired by DPAP vice chairman G.N. Saroori. Hundreds of people participated in the meeting and showed resentment against the previous PDP-BJP government in J&K for taking anti-people decisions and multiplying troubles for the common masses. The meeting observed that DPAP from the day it came into existence remained the only political party to raise the public issues and protested against the stopping of free ration to the poor, reduction of monthly ration quota and imposition of property tax, demanding immediate rollback of all “anti-people” measures.
The DPAP is also the only political party that took to the streets to press for the assessment of the damage in earthquake hit areas and adequate compensation to the victims of Chenab valley. Speaking on the occasion, G.M. Saroori said that the previous PDP-BJP government in erstwhile state of J&K ruined the life of common man by taking anti-people decisions. “Both these parties had only one aim to retain power and they did nothing for a poor, upliftment of downtrodden,” they said. They said that PDP after making an alliance with BJP in J&K continued to raise hollow slogans. “PDP brought death and destruction in J&K, forgot its self-rule slogan and worked with BJP from behind the curtain to abrogate the special status of J&K.”
General Secretary R.S.Chib said that no political party has taken streets against BJP in J&K to seek the redressal of public grievances. “DPAP is the only party which has organized several peaceful protests and continues to fight for the redressal of public issues. It is the only party that resists the anti-people decisions taken by BJP.” He said that DPAP came into existence to serve the people of Jammu and Kashmir, to uplift the downtown and to eradicate poverty, unemployment from J&K.
The party reiterated its demand for the restoration of statehood to J&K. Later, the party workers held protest demonstrations, demanding ration to the poor, restoration of monthly ration quota to consumers and roll back of imposition of property tax and other “anti-people” decisions. They also demanded for the assessment of the damage in earthquake hit areas and adequate compensation to the victims of Chenab valley. On the instructions of its Chairman Ghulam Nabi Azad, DPAP leaders are visiting different areas of Chenab Valley these days and interacting with earthquake victims and public delegations to have first-hand accounts of public issues. Among others who were present include Provincial President Jugal Kishore Sharma, Chief Spokesperson Salman Nizami, Secretary Arun Singh Raju, District President Dharam Chand, Provincial VP Farooq Katoch, Provincial Gen Secretary Mohd Amin Bhatt, Sobat Ali General Secretary, Farooq Shikari Provincial Secretary, Munner Bhat Zonal VP, Khurshid Sehmat Zonal Secretary, Ayoub Naik Distt Youth President, Bashir Naik, Jai Ram Bhagat, Mohd Yousef, Basharat Ahmed & others.
