In a bid to reach out to the youth of Jammu and Kashmir,JKPDP youth wing held daylong meeting in Srinagar and discussed the strategy for empowerment of Youth of the State. Besides the youth leaders of the youth wing along other core members of all districts of the state actively joined and discussed the prevailing situation of the valley.According to a statement issued to KNS, speaking on the occasion State Youth President Waheed Ur Rehman Para said that the main agenda is to empower the youth and their ideas be taken seriously.Emphasizing the need of involving the youth in building a modern and peaceful Jammu and Kashmir, Para said, "the state can come out of its problems of uncertainty and development, only if the younger population is engaged creatively and their talent and energy given a positive direction."The Youth leaders who were part of the meeting said, “This is a big achievement to know the different persons coming from different areas with different thoughts and opinions. Such interactions also provide space to issues, grievances and many other things.”Youth wing President while maintaining that there are no barriers between top leadership and party workers said that youth can be an inspiration to full the lacunae. “Government is connecting with youth seriously and the change will be visible,” they said.
The Youth wing activists actively discussed the administrative and political reality of state. They also discussed the agenda of the present government is and will remain transparent.The youth leaders and activists urged the government to ban on use of pellet guns in Kashmir and urged that few youth who have been falsely slapped with Public Safety Act, PSA should be released within a period of time.“PDP is the party of all and though it has in its people friendly agenda and promotion of interests of all sections of the society but youth constitutes the core of the PDP’s programme,” said Para.Calling upon the youth to ensure change on the ground, Para said the youth has an important role to play to transform the structure and ensure an accountable, transparent system on the ground and added PDP is the only party having a youth related policy and the party will carry it forward and implement it.While concluding the meeting, Para said that the youth has been the worst victim of Kashmir conflict and other political parties has not only been responsible for their plight but its anti youth policies had become a hallmark of its governance during last six years. He said that it was heartening to see youth of the State are impressed with the PDP agenda and are now aligning with it.The youth leaders urged party leadership to reach out to the grass root level and various areas in the Kashmir. In response Para urged youth of the state to be part of the development processes and making of prevailing local committees more active and functional.
Referring to the youth, Para insisted them to help in building the democratic structures and advised them not to get provoked into such actions which only lead to a vicious cycle of destruction.Para further added that the state has already lost a generation of youth to the conflict and can’t afford another generation to fall prey to this vicious circle of violence as such tragic incidents only undermine the government's efforts to restore peace in the State which has underwent a gory era of death and destruction for the past more than two decades.The youth leaders and activists of various areas of the State highlighted various adversity faced by them and the PDP Youth President assured them of full support and cooperation.It is pertinent to mention here that recently Para visited South Kashmir’s Pulwama district and held meetings with the local youth and urged their support and cooperation for the betterment of the state Jammu and Kashmir.Among the prominent who were present in the meeting includes Shuja Sarwar Harbaksh Singh, Javaid Trali, Advocate Irshad, Tahir Sayeed, Aarif Laigaroo, Mohsin Qayoom, Owais Khan, Advocate Jahangir, Tariq Wani, Sofi Arfat, Zubair Yousuf, Rafqat Sonwarie, Ahmed Rasool, Gulrez and others. (KNS)