Noted educationalist Sheikh Gayasuddin joined National Conference here on Friday, a party spokesman said in a statement.
National Conference president Dr Farooq Abdullah while welcoming Gayasuddin in the party fold said, “I am hopeful that the party will benefit from his experience in public life. The need of the hour necessitates for forging unity to trounce the machinations of those who are hell bent to destroy the special status of our state.
We are seeing forces coming forth in different hues holding lotus and apples, their main intend is to destroy the identity and integrity of our state. Need of the hour demands us to show unity to trounce such forces which are contriving to infringe upon the constitutional safe guards conferring special status to our state.”
The NC president said that the ensuing elections areimportant since it will decide the recourse of our country and state for thenext half a decade. “Today country is yearning for change; it is the country’ssecular progressive visage that has been dented since BJP came to power in2014. However, the ensuing elections provide us an opportunity to boot out agovernment that has failed out on every conceivable matrix.”
He said, “Our state,in particular has been at the receiving end since the day BJP has come intopower. The calamitous embrace of PDP with BJP opened the flood gates for suchforces in the state as want to destroy our identity. Had PDP not embracedBJP-RSS combine things would have been much different on ground today.”
“Today it is NC versus all, on one hand you have NC who hasbeen giving sacrifices to protect the sanctity of our state flag, and on theother you have the cronies of BJP-RSS who can go to any extent to destroy thestate’s identity for petty political gains. We have to remain vigilant of theirmachinations,” he said.
Among others party general secretary Haji Ali MuhammadSagar, provincial president Nasir Aslam Wani, party treasurer Shammi Oberoi andformer MLA Ishfaq Jabbar were also present on the occasion.