Srinagar, June 16: The Jammu and Kashmir National Conference Party Vice President Omar Abdullah on Thursday presided over a virtual meeting of the party’s women’s wing (Kashmir Province).
In a statement the party said that the virtual meeting was convened by J&K Women’s Wing President Shameema Firdous. Party’s ten Women district presidents, functionaries participated in the meeting in the real-time virtual interaction from Nawa-e-Subha, Srinagar.
“During the course of meeting the women’s wing district presidents of Kashmir province gave an estimation of the political situation prevailing in their respective areas,” the statement reads.
Interacting with the women functionaries, Omar Abdullah ‘alluded to the current trend of mistreatment of citizens by bureaucrats.’
“Here we have a man being jailed for saying that he can’t have expectations from non-local officers. The incident should not be seen in isolation. It is a reality that the local populace is faced with post 2019 measures. The bureaucracy has become a government with a totally abysmal record of serving people, primarily because of their unfamiliarity with the local sensitivities, topography and other critical ground realities,” the statement quoted him.
Omar exhorted the women functionaries concerned to partner the administration as a social responsibility in overcoming vaccine hesitation among people, especially women. He called for increasing the involvement of women in politics to help attune the policies and development agenda to the needs and requirements of women.
Omar said the idea of ushering peace and prosperity in Jammu and Kashmir is elusive ‘until infringed rights of the people of JK aren’t restored.’ “Our party as a peace loving party will continue to fight the battle for the restoration of our rights constitutionally, peacefully,” he said.
Interacting with the functionaries Shameema Firdous said, “Sher e Kashmir brought women of Jammu and Kashmir into the political discourse. It was NC that took upon itself to change the fate of women of J&K under its revolutionary Naya Kashmir manifesto.”