PDP's aim to script a new chapter of peace in Jammu and Kashmir

JAMMU: Opposition People's Democratic Party ( PDP) patron Mufti Mohamamd Sayeed party will script a new chapter of peace and equitable development in the history of Jammu and Kashmir.

"Aim of PDP is to script a new chapter of peace and equitable development in the history of Jammu and Kashmir," he said while addressing a function to induct former Congress leader Swami Raj Sharma, along with his supporters, in PDP.

"PDP, with just 16 MLAs in its kitty, had proved during its tenure how to implement the agenda of peace and reconciliation," Mufti said.

He recalled that it was a result of PDP's pro-peace agenda that the then Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee had announced ceasefire on the borders and that initiative had brought positive chances in the lives of common people.

"Unlike other parts of the country, people of Jammu and Kashmir, for decades together, were not allowed to get the taste of democracy because NC had never allowed democracy to flourished here," he alleged, adding that it was PDP which challenged the hegemony of NC and allowed democracy to flourish here.

"The way people of the state has been supporting our party is a clear indication that that there is no alternative of PDP in the state and this party is going to change destiny of the people by implementing its progressive and visionary agenda," he said, adding "change is imminent in J-K".

Speaking on the occasion, Sharma said that he decided to join PDP due to policies and programmes of the party.