Apni Party seeks district status to Gool-Gulabgarh

Ramban, Apr 01: The Apni Party’s Vice President and former minister, Aijaz Ahmed Khan has expressed displeasure over the “negligence” of remote areas of Reasi and Ramban districts and demanded that Gool-Gulabgarh should be granted a district status for its overall development.
As per a press release, a worker’s meeting of the Apni Party was organised at Gool under the leadership of Aijaz Ahmed Khan.
In this meeting, the party leaders and workers held threadbare discussion regarding the scheduled parliamentary elections in Jammu and Kashmir, particularly concerning the Udhampur constituency.
The leaders discussed that the voting shall be based on issues so that developmental and employment issues can be redressed.
Speaking on the occasion, the former minister said voting on the Udhampur parliamentary constituency shall be based on issues because the majority of the constituency is rural and hilly areas.
He, however, expressed displeasure over the ignorance and injustice of the Gool-Gulabgarh which remained sidelined regarding the demand of granting district status.
He said that the Party is committed to including the demand for district status to the Gool-Gulabgarh in its manifesto and would come out with a plan about the employment policy to address the issues of the educated unemployed youth.
He also referred to the Gool-Sambar’s aspiration and sought that it be declared as a full-fledged political constituency to address the developmental issues of the people by providing them with the opportunity to elect their representatives and adequate government funds.
Expressing dismay over the growing unemployment in Ramban district, Khan said it was unfortunate to learn that large numbers of workers including skilled and unskilled have become unemployed following their disengagement with the railways.
“The disengagement has been reported in Khari, Sangaldan, Banihal, Sumber and other areas where the railways have disengaged their workers without providing them with alternative places of work,” he said. “The J&K government must look into the issue and ensure that the disengaged workers can be readjusted/re-engaged in the railways in their other ongoing projects in Jammu and Kashmir.”
Aijaz said that unemployment among the educated people especially in Ramban has become a major issue for which the government should have a plan.
He assured the people that the Apni Party will frame a policy for the unemployed youth in J&K so that they could be provided employment or opportunities of self-employment to make them self-reliant.