| Jammu Declaration-Rise above party politics, work towards inclusive J&K: Rana | | |  EARLY TIMES REPORT
KATHUA, Feb 27: Making a passionate appeal to all those in public life to rise above politics and work towards restoring the inclusive character of Jammu and Kashmir, National Conference Provincial President Devender Singh Rana today said the Jammu Declaration is a way forward in strengthening religious bonds among communities besides reinforcing trust and unity between diverse regions.
“Coming as it is from the pluralistic region of Jammu, the declaration encompass all the religions, ethnic groups, regions and sub-regions, which actually represent the idea of J&K and will engage the people in inter-region and intra-regional dialogue to bridge the fault-lines that have unfortunately surfaced due to trust deficit over the years”, Rana said while interacting with the office bearers of the party of District Kathua Rural ‘B’, organized by its District President Shyam Narain Mehta.
Rana said the Jammu originated concept does not represent any individual or political thought but reflects the glorious ethos of the region, which has all along braved the victitudes of history and withstood test of times.
"Let this spirit guide us all to restore J&K to its glory of co-existence with no space for fundamentalism of any sort", Rana said.
Rana vehemently pleaded for initiating effective confidence building measures; between the two regions and within the regions and their sub-regions; between religious and ethnic groups and between different shades of opinion.
"Time has come when such a proposition should fan out from Jammu, the abode of Hindus, Muslims, Sikhs and Christians and bring into its compass the regions of Kashmir and Ladakh, given our time-tested spirit of unity", Rana said, adding the template of such an initiative should be apolitical with the singular motivation of further strengthening the bonds of brotherhood and tranquility between communities fulfilment of aspirations of the people in the two regions and their sub-regions.
He hoped that the sagacious people of the Jammu region will take upon themselves the initiative of restoring the pristine glory of their heritage based on inclusive co-existence.
The Provincial President urged the people at large and intelligentsia in particular to forcefully combat the machinations of those trying to divide the people on the basis of region and religion.
“For successful implementation of the Jammu Declaration, we have to unite and rise above religious, regional and political biases for achieving the larger goal of securing the lives of our people, ensuring their prosperity and heralding a new era of peace and goodwill between regions and religions”, he maintained.
Speaking on the occasion, Th. Kashmir Singh State Secretary, J&K National Conference called upon youth to come forward and play their pivotal role in nation building by promoting harmony and camaraderie between various segments of the society.
Prominent among those who were present included Bharti Sharma, Karam Din Chopra, Harjeet Singh, Dr YP Singh, Bharat Bhushan, Kuldeep Kumar, Naresh Kumar, Dharampal, Ashu Rajput and others. |
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