Gandhi Ji’s vision of free India inspired ‘Naya Kashmir’: Farooq

Srinagar, Oct 02: National Conference president Dr Farooq Abdullah on Wednesday said the Gandhi Jayanti is not only commemorated as the birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi but also his timeless values of non-violence, social justice and communal harmony.
“It was he who saw the ray of hope in Kashmir when the rest of the country had been taken over by the communal frenzy. We the people of J&K also saw the paradise of our ideas in the efforts of Gandhi,” Dr Farooq said.
Paying tributes to the Father of the Nation’ on his birth anniversary, the NC chief said, “It was in his vision of a free India that we saw the dream of Naya Kashmir come true. It was his ideology that drove J&K towards India. The need of the hour calls for strengthening those values.”