DOGRA HERALD BUREAU
JAMMU, Jan 11
Apni Party Senior Vice President, Jammu, Ghulam Hassan Mir today said that the Apni Party has become the voice of the people of Jammu and Kashmir.
Mir was addressing a meeting of South Constituency of Jammu, and it was organized by Provincial President, Women Wing, Jammu, Pavneet Kour. Provincial President, Jammu, and Former Minister, S. Manjit Singh among others were also present on the occasion.
In his address, he said that “The Apni Party is against wrong policies of the Govt which are against the people especially women and youth. To oppose such policies, we came out to protest such decisions to resolve those decisions that had impacted the life of the people.”
He recalled the issues faced by the people in Jammu and the Apni Party leaders came out to raise the public issues in the region by becoming the voice of the people.
Appreciating the Apni Party leadership in Jammu, he said that the Party should expand roots to remaining areas and increase the public outreach programs. “The Apni Party leaders, and workers should speak to the people and educate them about the policy and agenda of the Apni Party, besides discussing public issues and learning about their problems so that a policy can be framed according to the wishes of the people,” he added.
He said that the Party always stands for the cause of the people by becoming the representative of the people. Referring to the ending of Panchayats, Municipalities, BDCs tenures in J&K; he stated that the people have been left to the mercy of bureaucracy and appealed for the restoration of democratic system so that the public issues can be resolved.
He said that the Party wants equitable development, employment, and protection of resources for the local population. He urged the Party workers including women wing to hold a series of meetings with the people and inform them about the policy of the Party and schemes that would be implemented if Apni Party forms Govt.
He asked the Party cadre to intensify their public contact program at every nook and corner especially in the wake of scheduled Parliamentary elections.
Meanwhile, Manjit Singh also referred to the welfare schemes of the Apni Party that would be implemented if the Party forms the Govt.
He elaborated about the welfare schemes including old age pension/window schemes will be enhanced up to Rs 5000, and commitment of providing four cooking gas cylinders to each poor family per year free of cost under Ujjawal, enhancement of marriage assistance scheme for the poor girls up to Rs 1 lakhs and its instant release.
Besides, Pavneet Kour also spoke on the occasion.
Prominent among those who were also present in the meeting include Senior Provincial Vice President Jammu, Faqir Nath, J&K Apni Trade Union, Ajaz Kazmi, Provincial President Jammu, Youth Wing, Vipul Bali, Provincial President Jammu, Apni Transport Union, Tirath Singh, Devinder Gill, Yash Choudhry, Shivani Koul, Shewta Iderpal Singh, Monika Gill, Balbir Singh, Dalbir Singh, Ravinder Kour, Sunita, Ritu Devi, Sunita and others.
