Omar asks cadre to gear up for LA polls
TNN Bureau. Updated: 7/19/2019 12:26:46 PM
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SRINAGAR: National Conference vice president Omar Abdullah on Thursday asked the party cadre to enhance interaction with general public in view of upcoming Assembly elections.
Omar who presided over a Provincial committee meet of Kashmir province at party headquarters Nawa-e-Subha, Srinagar today, applauded the party functionaries for conducting segment-wise conventions across the province.
In the hours-long meet, a range of issues concerning the party and the state were deliberated upon, a party spokesman said.
Omar, while exuding confidence into the functionaries said that the need of the hour was to maintain the momentum of parliamentary elections up to assembly elections.
He said that there was no scope for smugness and gratification as the challenge ahead of the party was bigger, the spokesman said.
Omar said that acquiring power has never been the party’s goal and the party will continue to highlight the woes of people determinedly.
“Serving the people of the state, protecting the interests of the state and upholding the pluralistic visage of our state has been the core of party ideology. It is our duty to highlight the woes of people. We owe a sense of duty to towards the people of the state irrespective of their caste, creed and religious affiliations. The party functionaries should amplify their efforts to raise issues which are distressing people,” he said, adding, “The party has gone through worst of times and was subjected to the worst machinations but with the support of people it trounced all those efforts that aim at fiddling with states special character.”
Omar urged the incumbent governor administration to utilize its resources to reduce the mounting woes of people. Omar said the main agenda of the party is to salvage the people of the state towards safe shores.