Srinagar: Prof. Saifuddin Soz President Pradesh Congress Committee held a pro-long interaction with the Block Presidents of Jammu, Samba and Kathua districts at R.R. Resort Samba, today.
According to a statement issued to KNS, all the Senior functionaries of the party, Vice Presidents, General Secretaries and other senior leaders were present. Prof. Soz heard the Block Presidents and other functionaries and noted patiently, their suggestions that were made by block presidents and other party functionaries for rejuvenating the Congress party fully, particularly in these districts.
Ministers Sham Lal Sharma and Raman Bhalla also attended the meeting. Responding to the suggestions of block presidents, leaders and other functionaries of the party, Prof. Soz made the following remarks:-
“There is need that the ministers improve their liaison and interaction with District President, Block Presidents and other functionaries of the party. Prof. Soz said that he would write to ministers in this behalf.
Prof. Soz said that the party high command would be appraised of the suggestions that the party leaders made for revitalizing Congress party as an instrument of service to the people. He emphasized that the adjacent areas should be treated as the most important factor and Congress workers should put an extra effort to solve peoples problems.
He agreed with the leaders/party functionaries that the INC-NC coalition has done many good things for the people of Jammu and Kashmir such as for instance, setting up of Administrative units, Review of Recruitment Policy etc, but it failed to deliver governance on ground in respect of instance for Provision of Electric Infrastructure, Provision of Existing grievances in respect of tariff , Distribution of rations, particularly in far-flung areas and fulfillment of other basic needs.
Prof. Soz assured the gathering that he would constitute a committee comprising of credible persons to go in to the question of rejuvenating the Block and District Committees, as early as possible.
He also assured that the such meetings would be organized in other districts also and the PCC Executive would also meet soon. He (Prof. Soz) said that he and Ghulam Nabi Azad were on the same page and soon Azad would be visiting to thank the workers and speak to the party functionaries.