Rally at Rajouri

   Dr Darakhshan addresses huge public rally at Agarti in Rajouri                                                                                                                    ‘Whole of J&K has decided to go for a political change,’ SDP President

 Feb 12/ ‘Remote border areas of the state are without the basic facilities of life. People of these areas have been exploited by the politicians during the last sixty years,’ said Socialistic Democratic Party President Dr Darakhshan Andrabi today while addressing a huge public rally at village Agarti in Rajouri today. The rally was organized by SDP District President for Rajouri Choudhary Mohammad Aslam. In addition to SDPDistrict President the public rally was addressed by SDP nominee for Jammu-Poonch Parliamentary seat Gursagar Singh and General Secretary Ajay Kumar. Earlier on her arrival at Agarati, SDP President was accorded warm welcome by locals by beating the traditional drums and showering flower petals on the leadership of SDP. In her address Dr Darakhshan Andrabi said that both the ruling class and the opposition has exploited the people and they have been deliberately deprived of the true democratic spirit for the vote bank politics. She said that the spirit of the change at political level has reached Rajouri also and the people of the district have made up their mind to give SDP a chance to represent them now. Dr Andrabi said that the immense response of the people of this backward hill district to the Membership drive of SDP is quite encouraging and we are sure that in the days to come, Rajouri will be represented by SDP as will be majority of the backward areas of the state. Hailing the ground level political networking initiated by Choudhary Mohammad Aslam, SDP President said that more and more people, welfare organizations and NGOs are coming out in support of SDP Parliamentary candidate. ‘No sentimental slogans can work now, people need concrete display of redressal of grievances and problems related to public,’ said Dr Darakhshan Andrabi. Some prominent local representatives including Haji Mohammad Ashraf, Haji Shahejahan, Mohammad Nazir, Rozia, Ruqayya Bewgum and Rafeeqa Begum also spoke. 

Darakhshan's Press Conference on formation of new Admimistrative Units in J&K

“The coalition drama on new administrative unit formation in J&K is a stage mockery ”: Dr Darakhshan Andrabi SDP President lashes out at the government for behaving like road-romeos


Socialistic Democratic Party President Dr Darakhshan Andrabi today criticized the state government for behaving in the manner of road-Romeos while making unnecessary hue and cry and confusion in the minds of the people with regard to the formation of new administrative units in Jammu & Kashmir. “The coalition drama on new administrative unit formation in J&K is a stage mockery. Government seems to be in a hurry to by hook or crook make through the defective formation for political interests only. Government wants to divert the attention of the people from the disappointing performance of the present government at all fronts,” said SDP President. Dr Darakhshan Andrabi said that political favour and fervor has superseded all feasibilities needed for the formation of new administrative units in Jammu & Kashmir. She said that when on every vital issue concerning the people’s welfare, the coalition partners were on road side scuffle every now and then spreading venom against each other’s policies, and then what other than enjoying the luxury of power binds them together to be in coalition. “It is in no way a process of creating new administrative units in the state, but in reality it is a process of misleading people yet again. The leadership of both the coalition partners has made a joke of their party’s credibility,” said Darakhshan Andrabi. SDP President said that the present government has failed to prove itself a unit even after a long five years friendship of compromise and self-interests and their credibility in the masses has eroded to a level where the framing of new administrative units at this juncture was being looked as a suspicious exercise by the people. She said that this exploitation of sentiments at the time of elections has been a practice of all the political parties of the state right from 1947. Dr Darakhshan Andrabi said that nothing will be achieved politically by the ruling coalition by this tricky move full of defects and controversies as the people were wise enough to decide their representatives on a fresh scale of understanding at a very objective level now. She said that the state of Jammu & Kashmir had clearly decided to go for a political change after rejection all rotten political ideas and their propagators and go for a fresh political system in J&K.

Raising Voice for Khidmat Workers

SDP President Dr Darakhshan Andrabi led the demonstration of thousands of Khidmat workers who assembled outside  Press Club in Jammu protesting against Government's deliberate attempt to make the e- centers dysfunctional and  thus playing with the sentiments of the youth. Dr Andrabi was accompanied by State Youth President SDP Sardar Gursagar Singh Isher. In her address Dr Darakhshan Andrabi said that government first engaged thousands of youth at Khidmat Centers and announced that it was the base for e-governance in J&K. "But unfortunately this announcement and decision as usual was a mockery which played with the future of thousands of talented youth of the state," said SDP President. She asked the Chief Minister to explain his position as the agitated youth brigade of the society cannot tolerate this joking with their carrier. She asked the government to immediately pay the outstanding remuneration to the youth or otherwise be ready for the agitation.  

SDP President at Gurpurab Congregation

On Sri Guru Gobind Singh Ji's Birth Anniversary SDP President Dr Darakhshan Andrabi and SDP State Youth President Sardar Gursagar Singh Isher attended the Gurpurab Congregation held at Bibi Chand Kour Gurudwara at Jewel Chowk in Jammu. SDP President said that the teaching of peace and brotherhood of the spiritual Guru, poet, scholar and warrior Sri Guru Gobind Sigh Ji is universal relevant to all times. She asked the leaders and preachers of all communities to try to uphold the inclusive teachings of the religions and create an atmosphere of real bond between different faiths.

Gujjar Leaders Joining SDP

Many Gujjar leaders from Rajouri and Poonch joined SDP when SDP President Dr Darakhshan Andrabi and SDP State Youth President Sardar Gursagar Singh accorded welcome and inducted them into SDP fold.

SDP RALLY AT GANDERBAL

                                  SDP President Dr Darakhshan Andrabi addressed a public gathering at Town Hall in Ganderbal. Other SDP leaders who addressed the gathering  included Dr Nissar Ahmad, SDP State Provincial Secretary (Kashmir), Engineer Ghulam Hassan, SDP District President Ganderbal and Aijaz Rashid and Mohammad Amin. In her address Dr Darakhshan sais that it was surprising to see the high profile constituencies of Ganderbal represented by Minister and the Chief Minister in such a backward condition. "People have been cheated by false slogans and nothing concrete has been done at the ground level.  

SDP DECLARES ITS FIRST PARLIAMENTARY CANDIDATE

Nov 20, 2014. SDP declared its first Parliamentary candidate for Jammu-Poonch Lok Sabha seat. SDP President Dr Darakhshan Andrabi declared the name of Sardar Gursagar Singh Isher as the party nominee for contesting the ensuing Parliamentary elections. Dr Darakhshan Andrabi also presented the party manifesto to the press. Gursagar Singh Isher shared his political vision under Dr Andrabi's leadership.

Raising voice for migrant KPs

State Government unconcerned with KPs: Darakhshan

Central Rehabilitation Programme for the community kept on hold: SDP President

                                        Socialistic Democratic Party President Dr Darakhshan Andrabi today addressed a Press Conference at Party Central Office in Jammu in support of the demands of the displaced Kashmiri Pundits. “Even after more than two decades, the intellectual and educated community of Kashmir is living a life of distress and dejection away from home in exile. The state government is completely hostile to the problems of KPs and their resolution,” said SDP President. Referring to the killing price-hike, Dr Darakhshan said that the relief given to the displaced community was not at all sufficient and should be increased to ten thousand per family immediately. She said that the state government was sleeping at the Central government special job package for the displaced youth under KPs rehabilitation policy ads it was not in their interests. “The very long delay in filling up of the remaining posts allotted and funded specially by the central government for Kashmiri Pundit youth was creating suspicion about the designs of the state government,” said Dr Andrabi. She demanded that these vacant places allotted by the central government be filled without any delay before the process gets blocked by Election Restrictions. Dr Darakhshan said that the displaced community is facing problems in disbursement of ration in time which troubles the troubled community. “It is the responsibility of the government to ascertain the disbursement of ration well in time to the migrants so that they at least feed their families without problems,” said SDP President. Dr Darakhshan also pleaded for the demand of the community to amend the family bifurcation policy for relief purposes. She said that in absence of a long time convincing government policy, the community was completely dejected and had lost faith in the government. “The migration of Kashmiri pundits is a blot on the secular traditions of Kashmir, and we all should think on it very seriously. By occasional announcements about KPs being inseparable part of Kashmir we cannot be justified in delivering our duties. We have to show it practically,” said Dr Darakhshan Andrabi. 

Darakhshan welcomes Engineer Hassan into SDP

 

“Jammu & Kashmir is all set for a political change”: Darakhshan  

Engineer Ghulam Hassan, a senior leader of Democratic Party Nationalist (DPN) today formally joined Socialistic Democratic Party at Press Club Jammu in presence of SDP President Dr Darakhshan Andrabi. SDP President welcomed Engineer Ghulam Hassan formally into party fold by garlanding him. Later both Engineer Ghulam Hassan and SDP supremo Dr Darakhshan Andrabi addressed the press and media persons. Engineer Ghulam Hassan was a senior leader of DPN hailing from Laar area of Ganderbal. “The democratic system in Jammu &Kashmir Kashmir has been high jacked by the agency-make-politicians who indulge in looting the public wealth for their personal gains on interest sharing basis and he and his team was also a prey to this unfortunate exploitation.” One more political leader of DPN Mohammad Amin also joined SDP. Engineer Hassan expressed his views after joining SDP. He said that he had chosen politics to serve his people but he and his dedicated honest political group was disappointed by the politics of exploitation and that was why we all resigned from our old association and after seeing a politics of difference led by Dr Andrabi chose to join SDP which is a party of un-tainted educated youth of the state. ‘Whole of the state is seriously thinking about a political change in the days to come as the drama of politics has dejected and disappointed the common populace of the state’, said  Dr Darakhshan Andrabi. She said that majority of our MLA’s have utterly failed to provide basic facilities to common masses but they raise the national and international issues to remain in news and those who are there to sort out such issues speak of their confusion publicly  ‘People in all the regions of the state have been divided and the politics of hate is underway at a big scale. Unfortunately the political attitude of our politicians of today is the same as that of early post-Maharaja age. Our political system has not evolved at all,’ said SDP President. She said that the people have understood the tricks of our political representatives and now they are not to work anymore. ‘I am myself witness to public anger against the democratically elected representatives in most of the segments in both the divisions of the state and that assures me that most of them will not return to the Assembly again,’ said Dr Darakhshan.

Address to Student's Congegration

SDP President Dr Darakhshan Andrabi addressed Students Congregation held at Waterhail Islamia Educational Institute in which hundreds of students from different schools of the area participated.

Darakhshan visits hailstorm affected areas of SUKHNAAG area

Dr Darakhshan Andrabi toured all the villages of the upper belt of Sukhnag area which were hit by the hailstorm which destroyed the crops and fruits to a great extent. She had invited Deputy Commissioner Budgam and SDM Khansahib also to access the loss  and provide relief to the effected villagers.

Meeting with J&K Governor His Excellency N N Vohra

SDP Delegation led by Dr Darakhshan Andrabi met the J&K State Governor Shri N N Vohra at Rajbhavan on 26th August 2013. Maulana Sheikh Abdul Ghani, Mohammad Akram Dar, Abdul Ahad Thoker, Bashir Ahmad Reshi and Abdul Ahad Bhat were part of the delegation. Dr Darakhshan presented a memorandum to the Governor.

Public Rally at KENURA

‘Deprive and Exploit’ is the rule the politicians have followed to exploit masses : Dr Darakhshan

SDP President addresses a public Rally in Kenura

                             Socialistic Democratic Party President Dr Darakhshan Andrabi today lead a public procession organized by the party in village Kenroo in Budgam district. She also undertook a door-to-door contact programme and met the people at their doorsteps and listened to their problems. Dr Darakhshan later addressed the gathering. SDP Provincial Secretary Dr Nissar Ahmad, District President Mohammad Akram Dar, Youth leader Mohammad Amin Beg and other block presidents of the districts were present on the occasion who also addressed the gathering. In her speech Dr Darakhshan Andrabi said that under a big political controversy this whole area has been left to backwardness so that the people are exploited for political gains. “The political representative of the area and all the previous governments are responsible for the apathy and troubles of these very backward areas. Deprive and exploit is the rule which the political representatives have adhered to,” said Dr Darakhshan Andrabi. She criticized the government, the MLA and the administration of snatching the basic rights of the people in this area. Dr Andrabi termed it the trait of Yazeed to deprive the people of basic water supply facility. She said that the healthcare is a distant facility for the people in this hutment. “People need to travel long-long distances for very small medical facilities and the ration supply too. One feels here as if one lives in pre-47 era,” said SDP President. She hailed the people for their decision of a political change in the coming Assembly elections and assured them full help from her and SDP.

 

HUge Rally at Budgam (Kashmir) today

“Autocracy in the garb of democracy has exploited the people in the state”: Darakhshan

Dr Darakhshan Andrabi addressed a huge public gathering at village Hokhletter in Budgam

                                           “ The political system in J&K is not different  at all from the autiocracy of the past. The democratic system is being used for exploiting the common masses. The ways and means of the autocracy have emerging in new shapes and the common man has been made a slave to the will of political system and bureaucracy,” said Dr Darakhshan Andrabi while addressing a huge public gathering at village Hokhletter in Budgam district today. She said that the whole of the Sokhnag belt of Budgam presents a picture of Kashmir of pre-47 and it was the real introduction of our political system in J&K. Dr Darakhshan Andrabi visited the whole of the village on foot and talked to the people at their door steps. She said that the deplated roads in whole of Sokhnag belt speak of the depalation of the minds of the politicians who have been representing this area for a long time now. She also said that the condition of the roads portray the real approach of the ruling politicians towards the people. “The government school in the area is one of the oldest schools of Kashmir opened by the government in Bakhshi Ghulam Mohammad’s rule and despite ibncrease in the students manifold, it has not been upgraded by aa single class in the last half century,” said Dr Darakhshan. She said that the step-mothery treatment of the government and the local elected representative has deprived this area of the basic amenties and facilities even. “This is the area of cattle rearers and their demand of establishment of a Vaternery Centre in this area has also been ignored. For the people in this area, there is no government, there is no democracy,” roared Dr Andrabi. Striking hard at the government and the local political representative, Dr Andrabi said that one is reminded of tales of cruel Kashmiri King Meherkula in this area while listening to the pathetic woes and wales of the ignored population. She also criticized the government for the un-healthy health facilities in the area. “ Now is the time for a political change in this ignored area. People’s mood is positive and SDP is ready is ready to be part of people’s crusade against the political exploitation in this area,” said SDP President.

Addressing the seminar KASHMIR AUR KASHMIRIYAT

Dr Darakhshan Andrabi addressed the JAKLI organised Seminar "KASHMIR AUR KASHMIRIYAT". She read out her paper entitled: Kashmiriyat-the historical background of the concept and its evolution. 

JALSA IN KHANSAHIB Kashmir

“Divide and Rule politics in Khansahib is to be defeated now for all times:” Darakhshan Andrabi  SDP President addresses rally in Khansahib

                                  Socialistic Democratic Party President Dr Darakhshan Andrabi visited many villages of Khansahib constituency and later addressed a public gathering at Waterhail of Khansahib. Dr Darakhshan Andrabi expressed her displeasure over the role of division played by the local politicians for managing the votes and getting elected to Assembly. She said that it was shocking to trace the letters of the local MLA in different departments recommending about the non-implementation of different government schemes and allotment of different facilities to the areas the people of which have not voted for him. She said that divide and rule is the politics that has been managed by the local politicians. “We are here to defeat for all times, this sinister political attitude in the area and establish a healthy democratic system in this hilly constituency of Budgam so that the people are not exploited anymore,” said Dr Darakhshan Andrabi. Dr Darakhshan Andrabi said that it was shocking to see the shabby condition of the people of the area amid the defective developmental activities and the misuse of local government machinery by the local representative and his team of exploiters. Dr Darakhshan Andrabi appealed to the people of the area to utilize wisdom to go for a political change in the constituency in the coming Assembly elections. “When other constituencies have progressed a lot, Khansahib has been a prey to the Jagirdarana political attitude of the local political representatives,” said Darakhshan. She appealed to the youth to show their power and defeat those who have cheated the people.

ECHOING LOUD IN HOKHLETTER

Nayabat, Police Station and Block, all these were snatched from the people of Waterhail Area for political revenge: DARAKHSHAN

Dr Darakhshan Andrabi addressed a public gathering and led a rally at Hokhletter in Budgam 

Socialistic Democratic Party President Dr Darakhshan Andrabi today addressed a public rally at village Hokhletter in Budgam district. Earlier she presided over the district level workers meet held in the same locality. In her address Dr Darakhshan Andrabi expressed her concern over the withdrawal of Nayabat and the Police Station from the huge area of eleven Halqas of Waterhal area on the ground of political rivalry. She criticized the so-called elected public representative for marring the rights of the common populace of the area to fulfill his revenge for the different political bent of the area. She also criticized the last three governments of the state for depriving the huge population of this belt of Budgam from basic amenities and facilities. Dr Darakhshan Andrabi said that it was very shocking for her to learn that the proposal of allotment of the block to the area was opposed by the local political representative and when many new blocks were constituted in the past, this old central place of Budgam was deprived of this facility to keep the area in its present backward condition. Dr Darakhshan Andrabi demanded the restoration of the Nayabat and the Police Station to the area and constitution of the block for Waterhail. She appealed to the people of the area to be prepared for the coming Assembly polls and ensure the political change in the area which was must to end the monarchial attitude of the politicians who have represented this area in past. Earlier Dr Darakhshan Andrabi announced the appointment of many party office bears while presiding over a district level level meeting in the village.