Srinagar : Jammu and Kashmir National Conference President, Member of Parliament Dr Farooq Abdullah and Vice President Omar Abdullah paid glowing tributes to Party Veterans Mirza Muhammad Afzal Beg and Khawaja Ghulam Mohi Ud Din Shah on their 38th and 16th death anniversaries respectively.
In his tribute to Mirza Mohammad Afzal Beg, Dr Farooq said, “An ardent ally of Sher e Kashmir in his struggle for the restoration of people’s rights and honor, Mirza Muhammad Afzal Beg sahib played a defining role in the realization of progressive and pro poor objectives of National Conference. He will be remembered for his heroic struggle towards alleviating the suffering of the people of J&K by contributing to the land to tiller reforms and the abolition of big landed estates, a statement issued here today said.
The statement further said that paying tributes to Khawaja Ghulam Mohi Ud Din Shah, Party President said, “His association with National Conference and Sher e Kashmir was underlined with unquestionable loyalty. He played a pioneering and crucial role while serving the party and the people of J&K in various capacities; a great mind and an exemplary statesman; he was driven into politics by his resolve to serve the people of J&K”.
Party’s Vice President Omar Abdullah said that the contribution of both the party veterans in scripting a glorious era of service and sacrifice would go down in the history as laudable illustration of statesmanship and leadership.
Among others Party’s Additional General secretary Dr Sheikh Mustufa Kamal, Party’s Members of Parliament Muhammad Akbar Lone, Hasnain Masoodi, Aga Syed Ruhullah Mehdi, Nasir Aslam Wani, Mubarak Gul, Muhammad Syed Akhoon, Sakina Itoo, Gh Ahmad Shah, Altaf Ahmad Kaloo, Peer Afaq, Javaid, Dr Sajad Uri, Showkat Mir, Imran Nabi Dar, Ahsan Pardesi have also paid glowing tributes to the veteran leaders on their death anniversaries.
