Congress party today said Ghulam Nabi Azad has always worked on the policy of development and he will continue to follow it in Jammu and Kashmir and appealed all the Congress workers to stay united and start campaigning to ensure huge victory for the Ghulam Nabi Azad from Udhampur-Kathua-Doda Parliamentary Constituency.In a series of meetings at Padherna, Nagseni, Gulab Garah, Atholi, Paddar and Kajhai addressed by Minister R&B Abdul Majid Wani, Senior Congress Leaders and MLA Inderwal, Ghulam Mohammad Saroori, MLA Bhaderwah Mohammed Sharief Niaz, MLC Naresh Gupta, Advocate Aslam Goni and Congress Leader Sheikh Mujeeb highlighted the achievements of Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare, Ghulam Nabi Azad and UPA Government at Centre under the competent leadership of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi and Congress Vice-President Rahul Gandhi.
Congress leaders said that it is the first time in the history of Jammu & Kashmir that Ghulam Nabi Azad has given its due share to Jammu Region and the area has seen the light of many new projects related to Tourism, Education, Heath, Sanitation, Road Connectivity etc like last year Azad had announced upgradation of Primary Health Centre at Gulabgarh from 4 beds to 25 beds and sub-centre at Maksoo up to 10 beds. Beside Azad had on the demand of the people also announced opening of six new sub-centres in Padder block of the Kishtwar district in order to provide healthcare facilities to the people of the remote areas at their door-steps.
Leaders also said that Mr Azad had sanctioned three new tourism circuits for the Chenab valley region—Doda-Lal Draman at the cost of Rs 5 crore, Bhaderwah-Bhalesa at a cost of Rs 8 crore and Kishtwar-Machail at cost of Rs 8 crore. They said as the people are now realizing that the development of the children and youth are possible only under in the regime of Congress.Cautioning the people against the propaganda unleashed by the disruptive forces like BJP and PDP against the Congress, the Members of Congress campaigning committee said that these unscrupulous forces appear at a particular season (during election) and try to spread false rumors inciting the sentiments of innocent people in the name of religion, caste, creed and color. This has been proved in the past when the BJP was in power for small stints. They failed in all fronts, the cadres of party frustrated and launched communal frenzies at many places in the country.
During these meetings Saroori also appealed the people particularly youth and women to caste vote in Azad's favour and press hand button on EVMs on 17th April 2014 and assured the general public that Azad sahib will lay no stone unturned in serving Kishtwar, Doda, Ramban, Udhampur and Kathua Districts.Among prominent Retired DC Khursheed Ahmed Butt, Senior congress leaders including Mahinder Singh Parihar, Irshad Ahmed Sheikh, Piyaray Lal Shan, all the block presidents, party cadres, beside people in large number attended the meetings.