Omar-led Govt committed to youth empowerment: Javid Dar

Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, June 28: Minister for Agriculture Production, Rural Development & Panchayati Raj, Cooperative, and Election, Javid Ahmed Dar today reaffirmed the unwavering commitment of the Omar Abdullah-led Government towards the welfare and empowerment of youth.
He said the Government is focused on creating sustainable livelihood opportunities that allow young people to lead lives of dignity and self-reliance.

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The Minister was addressing a day-long Youth National Conference (YNC) convention, organized under the leadership of Tejinder Pal Singh Aman, Provincial president YNC Jammu at party office here. Senior NC leaders Ajay Sadhotra and Provincial chief Rattan Lal Gupta were guests of honour,
Javid Dar, who was the chief guest, criticized the previous regimes for neglecting youth-centric policies over the past decade. He asserted that under the leadership of Omar Abdullah, the Government has ensured equitable representation to the Jammu region, despite a larger mandate from Kashmir.
Highlighting key welfare initiatives of the present dispensation, he mentioned schemes like free travel for women in Government buses, 200 units of free electricity to AAY families, and enhanced marriage assistance of Rs 75,000 for girls. He also noted that Jammu and Kashmir recently received Rs10,637 crore package for massive infrastructure push in the region,
Sadhotra said that the BJP has completely failed in Jammu and Kashmir. He added that the BJP, which ruled J&K for the past 10 years, abrogated Article 370 with tall promises of reducing unemployment and ending terrorism, but nothing has changed on the ground.
Rattan Lal Gupta, said that the youth of JKUT have suffered immensely during the last 10 years of BJP’s rule. Citing official data presented in Parliament, he revealed that over 13.5 lakh youth in the Union Territory are trapped in drug addiction, with the alarming trend starting as early as the age of 10. “This is the harsh reality of what the BJP has delivered and achieved in the name of development over the past decade,” he said.
Senior leaders- Sheikh Bashir Ahmed, Pardeep Bali, Ayub Malik, ex-MLA Bimla Luthra, Vijay Lochan, Abdul Gani Teli, Shamim Begum, Joginder Singh and others were also present on the occasion.

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