KL NEWS NETWORK
SRINAGAR
Former Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir and National Conference (NC) President Dr Farooq Abdullah was at his usual best on Friday when he walked through the famous Raghunath Bazar in the heart of Jammu City.
No sooner, he made an impromptu appearance in the famous market, several shopkeepers alighted from their shops and the passersby jostled to have a close look. Attired in black ‘Bandgala suit’, Dr Abdullah waved at the people assembled on the pavements, exchanged pleasantries with his acquaintances and wished the pilgrims blissful journey. He even sat for a while at the business establishments of known acquaintances.
While addressing his party workers, he said that divisive politics can endanger the social fabric, cause disenchantment among people and vitiate communal harmony.
“The nation and the state cannot afford division between communities, as they can prosper only when people of all faiths and regions get fair deal and equal treatment in all spheres,” he said while interacting with party functionaries at SK Bhavan in Jammu.
This was his maiden visit to the winter capital after undergoing treatment in London a few months ago. The rank and file of the party gave an affectionate reception to the former Chief Minister on his arrival at the party headquarters.
He was accompanied by former Chief Minister and the Working President Omar Abdullah besides Provincial President, Jammu Devender Singh Rana.
Dr Abdullah hoped that myopic tendencies of dividing society on the basis of caste, creed, region or religion will fall frail before the strength of peoples’ commitment to amity and brotherhood. In this context, he referred to the historic role of National Conference in fomenting amity and fighting divisive tendencies, as inclusiveness has all along been its fort.
“National Conference is a movement which has taken everyone all along and never differentiated between the people on the basis of region or religion and therefore it is incumbent upon its entire cadre to rise above politics and work for the overall betterment of the state”, he maintained.
