Gear up for LS polls : Azad to party leaders

Jammu, Dec 1 : Former chief minister and chairman Democratic Progressive Azad Party (DAP) Ghulam Nabi Azad asked his party leaders to gear up for Lok Sabha polls.

According to a press release, he was addressing a party meeting here. During the meeting of office bearers in Jammu Central, Azad stressed for strong coordination with workers on ground. He told office bearers to hold booth level and corner meetings to strengthen the party cadre. “The divisive and religion driven politics over the years has broken the social bonds and the developmental and genuine public issues has taken a back seat but DPAP will not ever indulge in such politics,” the DPAP chairman said.

He said the people have to wake up and defeat the divisive and communal forces and vote for development, peace and prosperity of Jammu and Kashmir. Azad asked leaders to visit their respective constituencies and reach out to people to sort out their problems. Among others who were present on the occasion were R SChib Gen secretary, Jugal Kishore Sharma Provincial President, Ch Haroon Khatana Gen Secretary, Amin Bhat Provincial President Kashmir, Vinod Mishra Gen Secretary, Anita Thakur Gen Secretary, Ch Gharu Ram Zonal President, VP's Ashok Sharma, Subash Gupta, Secretary Hira Lal Abrol, Adv Maheshwar Singh, Sobat Ali, Ashwani Handa, Vishal Chopra and others.

Earlier, former professor of surgery Government Medical College (GMC) Jammu and founder principal of Government Medical College Doda, Dr Tariq Parvez Azad today joined Democratic Progressive Azad Party in presence of Azad. The party chairman welcomed Dr Tariq and termed it as a substantial boost to the party cadre.

The former chief minister said that his party has doors open for all those who wish and desire to work for the prosperity and welfare of people. He said Dr Tariq, worked for thousands of people across J&K and elsewhere in the country. “Since merit is the benchmark of success in our party, we encourage competent and dedicated people to join our party fold and allow them to grow as per their capacity,” said Azad. “We are here to promote talent and ensure people of J&K are represented by the most genuine representatives. J&K has suffered a lot,” he said.