Srinagar, Nov 28: Jammu and Kashmir National Conference President and MP from Srinagar Dr Farooq Abdullah on Tuesday visited the party office Nawa-e-Subha and interacted with party functionaries and workers.
Interacting with the functionaries, he said that the people of Jammu and Kashmir have been guarding the frontiers of their culture, heritage and traditions for ages. “It becomes all the more important to preserve our culture, language and traditions in our families in the wake of the attempts aimed at destroying it. We have to stop seeing ourselves as Hindu-Muslim, Shia-Suni, Barelvi-Deobandi. Unity in diversity must be our creed to last for all time and under all circumstances, otherwise, there is no end in sight to our common problems in the shape of poverty, unemployment, and under-development. Our mutual discord will make our descent into darkness,” he said.
Dr Farooq added, “The National Conference has a history of rendering sacrifices for the people of this State.” Asking people to take pride in their culture and mother tongue, he said the identity of a nation was its most valuable asset.
Among others, the party’s General Secretary Ali Muhammad Sagar, Senior leader Mubarak Gul, Media, Social Media, YNC, and women’s wing functionaries were present on the occasion.
The NC chief asserted that it was Sher-e-Kashmir Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah who prepared and presented a blue-print for the welfare and progress of Jammu and Kashmir.
“It was Sheikh Sahib who demonstrated that political power was not an end in itself but the means to an end. Political power is a medium to protect, nourish and nurture the identity of a people and this ideal has been upheld by the National Conference since its very creation,” he added.
