Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir National Conference State women’s wing President Shameema Firdous on Saturday presided over a provincial-level meeting of women’s wing functionaries at the party headquarters Nawa-e-Subha, Srinagar.
Provincial President women’s wing, Kashmir Er. Sabiya Qadri among other provincial-level functionaries, office bearers, and workers were also present on the occasion.
The meeting was marked by threadbare discussions on the prevailing political situation, unemployment, development deficit, inflation, imposition of property tax, demolition drive, and undergoing activities of the women’s wing.
The functionaries also highlighted the rising tide of drug addiction and other issues concerning society, particularly women.
Echoing the sentiments of the functionaries, Shameema said that the present situation across Jammu and Kashmir was the direct fallout of the center’s policies. “Our people are bristling with anger. Unemployment, outsourcing of jobs and contracts, sluggish recruitment, development deficit, widespread unaccountability, imposition, and slashing of several taxes, cancellation of selection lists, skyrocketing inflation, poor facilities in hospitals, and shortage of ration at FCCI defines today’s Kashmir. BJP cannot run away from its responsibility. BJP owes an answer to our contractual, need-based, Rehbar-e-Taleem, Rehbar-e-Zirat, and Rehbar-e-Khel employees, and Aganwari workers who continue to run from pillar to post to have their grievances redressed,” she said.
She said that thousands of daily wagers, contractual, need-based workers, and other temporary employees are not getting their wages regularly and are agitating on roads, who were promised regularisation by BJP. “They failed to come to the rescue of artisans, traders, shopkeepers, transporters, and hawkers, who are yet to recover from the economic slump induced by successive instead lockdowns. Both the central and UT administration is only providing mere lip service to these aggravated sections,” she added.
