National Conference to emerge as a force to reckon with: Devender Singh Rana

NAGROTA: Asserting that the National Conference has retained its premier role in state politics as reflected in previous poll results, party's Jammu Province chief Devender Singh Rana today said it will emerge as a force to reckon with.

Rana, a close aide of Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, is contesting from Nagrota Assembly Constituency as NC candidate and told party workers here to remain steadfast in their mission to serve the people.

"Despite obstacles created by the opponents by indulging in malicious propaganda, National Conference has retained its premier role in the state politics, which is reflected by the results of successive assembly elections," Rana said while addressing a rally here.

"The party has surmounted turbulent winds with fortitude and there is no reason why it will not emerge as a force to reckon with in these elections," Rana asserted.

Exuding confidence that the party will do well in all three regions and establish its foothold in the Jammu province firmly, Rana said NC will not deviate from its chosen path of steering Jammu and Kashmir to peace and holistic development besides guaranteeing dignified life to the people, irrespective of region, religion or caste.

"This being the stated policy, the successive National Conference governments have worked towards achieving the goal of infrastructural development and implementation of various welfare programmes," he said.

He referred to the bold initiatives taken by Chief Minister Omar Abdullah during the past six years to put Jammu and Kashmir on the path of sustained development.

"The successes have been enormous on each front," he said, adding, more could have been achieved, had the party been overwhelmingly mandated by the people to govern the state.

In this backdrop, he stressed on the crucial need of clear mandate for National Conference to translate its vision into reality in next six years.

Speaking to the people about his plan to develop the constituency, Rana referred to his vision of making Nagrota a model constituency and said their overwhelming support has strengthened his resolve to go "whole-hog" for achieving this mission.

"We have to tread on the journey for holistic development of Nagrota together," he said.

Rana further said that the constituency has already embarked on this mission which is visible by the amount of development that has taken place in the past few years.