Workers real strength of PDP, won’t succumb to coercions: Choudhary Hamid

MT News Service
Jammu, March 20:
Asserting that Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party has stood the tests of times, newly appointed Vice President of the organisation Choudhary Abdul Hamid Saturday said that all attempts to weaken this party has always strengthen it further.
“Understand, represent and struggle for the aspirations of people is the basic responsibility for any political organisation. We are discharging our duty with honesty and dedication without succumbing to the pulls and pressures of the time”, Choudhary said adding that entire leadership of the party stand behind PDP president Ms Mehbooba Mufti with utmost sincerity.
He was addressing a party function, held here today, to felicitate the newly appointed team of the party for Jammu region. Among others Amreek Singh Reen, General Secretary, Arshad Malik, General Secretary, Firdous Tak, former MLC, Abdul Rashid Mali, Additional General Secretary, Rajinder Manhas, State Secretary, Ashok, Jogi, State Secretary, Satpal Singh Charak, State Secretary, Imtiyaz Ahmed Shan, State Secretary, Adv Maroof Khan, State Secretary, RK Pardesi, State Secretary, Varinder Singh Sonu, additional spokesperson and Choudhary Parvez Wafa Khan, Media Coordinator were welcomed by the party workers on the occasion.
Choudhary Hamid said that this was not for the first time that attempts were made to weaken PDP. “In the past ever possible attempt was made to ensure that PDP do not reach the grassroots level in Jammu and Kashmir as it was apprehended that once strengthened this organisation will be a force to reckon with”.
He said that today PDP has a strong workers base across the erstwhile state and the moment which started from a single constituency of South Kashmir has today reached every nook and corner of Jammu and Kashmir. “I want to assure the party workers in all the regions and district that mission started by our late leader Mufti Muhammad Sayed is today stronger than ever”, he said.
Addressing the gathering, General Secretary Amreek Singh Reen exhorted upon the party works to reach out to the general masses, who are today at the crossroads due to bureaucratic system presently in place. “Each of our workers in each village is an asset of the society. He has to extend his arms to reach out to the needy”, he said adding that newly appointed team will launch a mass contact programme across the region in order to highlight issues of people.
Speaking on the occasion, Arshad Malik, General Secretary said that PDP was the last hope of people in the erstwhile state. “Everyone is looking at PDP with hope and expectations. Our president and former Chief Minister Ms Mehbooba Mufti has proved to be an undisputed leader and only she has the capacity to represent the aspirations of people”.
Sukhvinder Singh, Surjeet Kour, Chattar Saini, Javaid Khan, Choudhary Chuni, Puneet Jamwal, Davender Dogra, Sohit Sharma, JD Singh, Deepak Raina, Harmesh Singh Salathia, Harmeet Singh, Ishtiyaq Hussain Waza, Hafiz Wani, Nazir Ahmed Lone, Manju Sharma, Zahida Khan, Jassi Gandhi, Bachan Lal, KK Sharma, Raspal Singh Baloria, Neetu Sharma, Daljeet Singh Dicky, Balbir Singh, Rajinder Chib, Girish Sharma, Rajat Gupta, Sachin Bhagat, Rajat Singh Randhawa, Naveen Sharma, Parvesh Bali, Dalip Bharu, Advocate Showkat, Ranjeet Singh Manga, Rajinder Chib, Deepak Gupta, Swarn Singh Shanti, Narinder Sharma, Sartaj Singh Ladam Sunil Sharma, Dimple Anand were among others present on the occasion.