States »NortPosted at: Jul 19 2021 10:46PM

Kashmir pushed to economic, democratic disconnect from rest of the country: NC

Srinagar, Jul 19 (UNI) The National Conference (NC) on Monday alleged that Kashmir has been pushed to economic and democratic disconnect from the rest of the country and the discomfiture has equally been felt by Kashmiri Pandit Community.
“NC General Secretary Ali Muhammad Sagar made these comments while welcoming Ashok Kumar Bharti, Vice Chairman Shopian Municipal Committee into the National Conference. Bharti, who was affiliated with BJP, was welcomed into the party fold along with scores of his supporters including corporator, Panchs, and Sarpanchs. Among others who joined the party fold include Shushma Bali, Chander Kumar Bali, Rajinder Koul, and Manoj Koul,” NC spokesperson said.
In his address, Mr Sagar said that Kashmir is the only place that emerged as an island of peace and brotherhood at a time when the subcontinent was charged up with communal frenzy.
He said that it was due to the efforts of Sher- e-Kashmir that at a time when the sub-continent had become a hunt for vultures to prey on the bodies of those devoured in the communal frenzy, Kashmiris didn’t let the frenzy overwhelm them with narrow mindedness. “It was NC that gave a political expression to the Kashmir values and transformed it into a formidable force to take on the challenges of the future,” he said.
Mr Sagar said that NC has always worked towards dissolving the feeling of discrimination. “No other region in the country has practiced secularism and socialism in its finest form as was done by the National Conference since its formative years,” he said.
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