Photos of Dr Darakhshan's meeting with Interlocutors

Dr Darakhshan Andrabi in conversation with Prof Radha Kumar, Dilip Padgaonkar and Mr Ansari, the center's interlocutors on J&K.

Darakhshan and other SDP leaders meet Interlocutors

20th of December 2010

ST NEWS SERVICE JAMMU: Socialistic Democratic Party (SDP) President Dr. Darakhshan Andrabi accompanied by party leaders met the group of interlocutors of the Centre for J and K headed by Dilip Padgaonkar at Jammu on Monday and discussed the issues regarding situation in Jammu and Kashmir. Dr Darakhshan concluded her discussion with her five points presentation. (1) “The present ugly situation in Kashmir is the result of the pseudo-nationalistic attitude of the politicians of Kashmir which have been promoted always in the State. Here who talks of limited and conditional relations with New Delhi has always been promoted by the agencies and the governments. Separatists are provided with security cover and projected as only saviours of Kashmiris. On the contrary there is no dearth of nationalistic people in Valley but unfortunately they are not even heard and they are discouraged by the State and the Central Governments. This tendency results in situations like the present one. I am myself an example. I dared to manage tremendous public support in both Kashmir and Jammu Divisions for my nationalistic politics with a tricolour in my hand and heart but all steps were taken to discourage me and leave me uncared so that I get killed. This way the nationalistic forces are discouraged and separatism and violence take the front seat. This policy of ignoring nationalistic forces is the main cause of the present situation where whole of the country is dragged. We request the Central Government to come forward to talk to nationalists and start promoting them so that separatist and conditional nationalism gets replaced”. She also said, (2) “Party is deadly against the idea of division of the State. The idea of trifurcation of the State is the idea of anti-nationals. The integration of the State is must for the integration of the Country. All the regions of the State need to be dealt at equality at all costs.”She further said,(3) “The sustainable dialogue process between India and Pakistan is must for a peaceful Jammu and Kashmir. We need to stop the expansion of graveyards in the State where our youth treasure is led to lie down for no reason at all”.She added (4) “The youth of the State are deceived by all governments. They promise jobs to youth to get their votes and later they fail to provide anything. It dejects them and those who sponsor violence get readymade instruments for their agitation. Now at this juncture some mega job and economic packages for the youth can diffuse the situation”. She further added. (5) “Withdrawing of the special powers from security forces is no issue at all. It is not a public issue. It is a political mileage earning stunt. We believe security forces do not exercise their powers of their own. It is the government that runs the show and security forces follow the government requisitions”.The party leaders who accompanied Dr Darakhshan Andrabi include Col (Retd) Sunil Sharma, Ajay Kumar, Gursagar Singh and Kamal Chand.

PHOTOS OF SARVA DHARM PRARTHANA FOR THE NATIONAL HEROES WHO LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES FOR THE NATION

Dr Darakhshan Andrabi leading the mega event in which a Sarva Dharam Prayer was held in memory of the martyrs of 26/11 and others who laid their lives for the safety of the country. This event was held at Jammu on the Tawi river banks on 27th of November 2010.

SALUTATIONS TO MARTYRS

Darakhshan meets Governor N N Vohra

Darakhshan's reaction

Darakhshan welcomes new entrants into SDP

THe State Times

Jammu, 23.11.2010

Scores of senior political workers, delegates and organizational in-charges of Kathua district from different political parties joined Socialistic Democratic Party today at a brief function held at Press Club Jammu. Motivated by SDP leader Kamal Chand, more than seventy new political volunteers became the part of the nationalist mission called SDP. These new entrants into the party hailing from Congress, BJP, Panthers Party, BSP, PDP and National Conference were greeted by SDP president Dr Darakhshan Andrabi into the party. She addressed the gathering and the media on the event. Dr Darakhshan said that she is feeling more and more powerful day by day when more and more dedicated people of the state are joining Socialistic Democratic Party. Dr Darakhshan said that these political representatives hail from a district which has been ignored by the government in all developmental works. She said that during her recent visits to different far flung areas of the district, she was shocked to see the apathy of the government towards these people. She said that this area needs an honest political patronage to help the people in improving their life standard and help them resolve their problems for their survival. Dr Andrabi said that it was unfortunate to see the Rajshahi approach of our political representatives, rulers and bureaucrats. She said that all these are public servants and need to inculcate in them the habit of sacrifice and service rather than nourish selfishness and arrogance. Dr Andrabi called upon educated youth of the state to come forward and take part in politics so that our rotten and ill political order gets substituted by new vision of public service and national dignity and the state and the country gets a potent leadership. Dr Darakhshan Andrabi welcomed the decision of exclusion of J&K issue from the United Nations list of International Disputes. She said that it was impossible to reverse the time and history and the advocates of the so-called issue are living in fool’s paradise. She said that the so-called J&K issue has become a big market and many people are earning enormously out of it. She said that some mainstream parties and leaders are also using this baseless issue for their petty political gains and the common ignorant people have to pay the price with their lives and property. Dr Darakhshan Andrabi said that these politicians of opportunitism are responsible for exploitation of the sentiments of the people and for creation of violence – guided situations that make the life of a common man a hell. She appealed to the intelligentsia and the media to come forward and inform people about the realities so that they do not fell prey to the sinister designs of politicians. She also appealed to the youth of Kashmir to understand the reality and desist from becoming the tools of the politics of evil designs. Dr Darakhshan Andrabi said that her party will like to contest Panchayti elections but she appealed to Central Government to make it clear on the state administration that the elections will be fair and no official machinery will be used by the government to influence these elections as has been the practice in the state. She said that if the ruling party tried to rig the elections or use official machinery for the elections, we will go for a massive agitation. She said that she was apprehensive of this all because the present political order has nourished a gunda-culture in the state on which it exists. The prominent among those who joined SDP on spot were Babinder Chowdhry, Pankaj Sharma, ramesh Sambyal,Raj Chowdhry, mohan Sharma, Sanjeev Gupta, rajan Sharma, Rakesh Gupta, Talib Hussain, Kuldeep Singh, Lekh Raj, Amar Singh, Madan Lal and others.

Many join SDP

A group of youth from other parties join Socialistic Democratic Party on 1st of November at the Party Office at Shastri Nagar in Jammu. SDP president DR Darakhshan welcomes the new entrants into the party.

Darakhshan reacts to Omar's statement

Saluting the Father of the Nation

Darakhshan invites Intelligentsia to come forward

Writers from Goa in Srinagar with Dr Andrabi

Prominent writers of Konkani from Goa during their visit to Srinagar with Dr Darakhshan Andrabi in a House Boat in the Dal Lake. In the picture (from left) we see Mr Walter Menezes, Dr Vrushali S Mandrekar,Mrs Jyoti Kunkolkar, Dr Darakhshan Andrabi, Mr Pundalik Naik, Mr Balachandra Gaonkar, Mr Mukesh Thali and Mr Prakash Paryekar.

Kashmir Ki Aawaaz

Dr Darakhshan Andrabi addressing the audience at Mavlankar Hall, Delhi on 22rd of October, 2010 at a national level seminar Kashmir Ki Aawaaz which was attended by hundreds of representatives of different regions,faiths and classes of J&K in addition to intellectuals, thinkers, journalists, writers, social workers and veteran politicians of different parties.

Challenge to Separatism

Dr Darakhshan Andrabi leading the Protest Sit-In at Rajghat in Delhi on 23rd of October,2010 in reaction to government's appeasement of separatism in J&K organised by FINS, Himalayan Parivar and other organisations. Representatives from all the communities, regions and faiths of Jammu & Kashmir participated in the sit-in. Where addressing to the media persons on the occasion SDP president Dr Darakhshan said that she was happy to see hundreds of representatives from J&K coming out to Delhi to sing her slogan:Hum Hindustan Se Hain, Hindustan Hum Se Hai. Dr Andrabi said that this brave step should be an eye-opener for the central government which is hell bent upon projecting Kashmir as a hub of separatists. She said there is a huge majority of the people of J&K who are true nationalists and it was the need of the hour to shift attention from secessionists to true patriots.

Darakhshan chairs SDP State Executive Meet at Jammu on 28th Sept 2010

Darakhshan Adresses Gujjar & Bakerwal representatives of Jammu and Kashmir at Jammu

"Not Omar but Geelani runs the state government," says Dr Darakhshan

Dr Darakhshan Andrabi,SDP President during her visit to Punjab spoke to Dainik Jagran and boldly commented on some very important issues.

Darakhshan expresses her agony

Adressing press/media

The daily KASHMIR IMAGES,Srinagar 7,2010

Darakhshan reacts to chaotic situation in Kashmir valley

Translating Konkoni fiction into Kashmiri

Darakhshan addresses two press conferences at Jammu

Darakhshan Addresses a Press Conference at Jammu on 30th of March,2010

The daily Mandate, Jammu (March 17,2010)

A report in Monthly Kashmir Insight, Srinagar (March 2010)

Kashmir Uzma, Srinagar

Meeting with Rajnath Singh

A meeting with Bhartiya Janata Party Ex-President Rajnath Singh and Colonel K K Juneja at the residence of Mr Singh discussing the latest security scenario in the state.

Indian Express ( March 7,2010 )

Socialistic Democratic Party president Dr Darakhshan Andrabi today addressed a jam-packed press conference at Press Club, Jammu. She was flanked by newly designated party leaders Rajeev Sharma, Peer Abdul Majid Shah,Haji Nissar Ahmad Khan, Munish Kumar and Gurusagar Singh. In her address to the press and media persons Dr Darakhshan Andrabi spoke on very important issues of utilization and misappropriation of government funds, wastage of time and resources by legislators in Assembly and the worst ever scarcity of food grains in the state. A few excerpts of her address are: "The state of Jammu & Kashmir is facing the worst-ever scarcity of ration, sugar and kerosene oil. Despite government’s tall claims, the people of state in both urban and rural areas are witness to the havoc like situation. More than 40% of the government ration stores are completely empty for the last so many months now. Despite festivals, government failed to fulfill common man’s basic need: supply of food grains throughout the length and breadth of the state. Sugar is nowhere. With the connivance of the government the millers are black-marketing the ration meant for common people. In remote and rural areas, a starvation type of situation has raised. It is quite shameful to see the propagators of e-governance not even bothering to look into the matter. Our rulers never decide on seeing the ground realities but what their ill character political agents and bureaucrats show them on files.

The present National Conference led government is only repeating its old practice of misusing public and government money for nourishing their political interests and letting the common go to dogs. When Omar took the reins of the state in his hands, he publicly apologized for the mistakes done by his party and family in the past and vowed to work differently but is now following his legacy of looting the state and misleading public. Government has failed to utilize huge central grants to the state properly. Much of the assistance has gone waste. The biggest proof lies in the Chief Minister’s statement itself that more than 2700 crores are still to be spent and we have only a few days of the financial year left. Either the government wants to utilize the money on files only or the funds are bound to be misused as per the previous practice. We the people of the state are witness to governments efficiency in utilization of government money at alarmingly very low tortoise speed. It is certain that this money is to go into the pockets of the politicians of the ruling class and the bureaucrats. Accountability is a thing which comes into force in peaceful conditions only. And that is why our politicians don’t want to experience peace and they coin situations which lead to the conditions prevailing now. Kashmir is back to early nineties. It is conducive to the rulers and politicians who are hell bent upon confusing people and misleading them to smoothly go on with looting public money without any accountability. The present Assembly session endorsed our view that our legislative Assembly is a fish market. It is a big wastage of our precious time and money. For weeks, we witness our so-called representatives from treasury as well opposition benches accusing each other like uncivilized people. Public is of no importance and consideration to these exploiters. The only job they did was the hike in their salaries. This attitude of our law-makers is a mockery of democracy. Their shouts and their language speak of their backgrounds in true colour. They are hell bent upon wasting our time and money. Because of this attitude of our politicians, the educated people are distancing themselves from politics. And this attitude gives birth to negative politics.

Adressing a Press Conference at Press Club, Jammu

At Press Club on 7th of March 2010

Dr Darakhshan at Press Conference on Jummu with newly designated party leaders Gursagar Singh, Peer Abdul Majid Shah, Haji Nissar Ahmad Khan, Rajeev Sharma and Munish Kumar