Darakhshan's address at Bari Brahamna

“Our government is a rudderless boat”: Darakhshan

At Bari Brahamana SDP President criticizes the government for ignoring the youth power of the state

33% increase in power tariff in just six months time quite insane: Darakhshan

“Youth power is the real power of any state or country but the youth in J&K are an abandoned lot. Government does not hesitate in mocking at their aspirations and dreams. We are deliberately rusting the potentialities and capabilities of the youth of the state,” said Socialistic Democratic Party President Dr Darakhshan Andrabi while addressing a public gathering at Bishna Road, Bari Brahamna on Sunday, the 22^nd of April 2012. Dr Darakhshan Andrabi along with many top rung leaders of SDP were present on the occasion. The public rally was organized by the Youth SDP leader Vishal Choudhry. Many prominent businessmen and industrialists of the area were also present on the occasion. Dr Darakhshan Andrabi said that unemployment was eating up the youth power and the government doesn’t care. She said that government’s employment scheme was a mockery with educated youth and it has once again proved the inefficiency of our planners and the rulers. Dr Andrabi said that the state is already witnessing huge corruption and irregularities in self employment schemes and this approach has added to the problems of the youth. Dr Darakhshan Andrabi said that business sector in the state is completely ignored by the state government. “When other states take initiatives to boost private sector business accord subsidies of all kinds to industrial houses for lifting the state’s economy and creating job opportunities, our government is busy in scandal-mongering and cheap publicity. We have made all profitable sectors of our economy completely sick and have no plans at all for the upliftment of state’s economy or creation of new jobs,” said Dr Darakhshan. Dr Andrabi reacted to the second immediate increase in power tariff in the last six months in the state and termed this decision as ‘unfortunate’. She said that on o0ne hand common man will be in more trouble and the industrial sector will perish. She said it was quite insane to witness 33% increase in power tariff in half year’s time. She asked the government to withdraw this unjustified hike. She said that the coalition government is a rudderless boat and it does not have any vision for the state as was the case in earlier governments. Dr Andrabi said that SDP is becoming the platform for all genuine and conscious people of the state and this party is gradually turning into a silent revolution which is undoubtedly going to change things within the state for good. She expressed her satisfaction over the increasing membership from all districts of the state. She inducted many prominent businessmen and industrialists of the area into SDP fold. Those who joied SDP were Tripan Sharma,Manohar Lal,Naseer Ahmed,Laxmi Kumar,Mangal Dass,Vinay Singh and Sunil Singh.

Raising voice for displaced Kashmiri Pandits

“Jagti Township becomes a torture cell for KP’s in absence of water and electric supply”: Darakhshan

‘Rest of the jobs under PM’s package be immediately provided to the youth of the community’ demanded SDP President

“By shifting the displaced Kashmiri migrants from different localities to the poorly constructed Migrant township of Jagti, the state government has abandoned these distressed people amid absence of basic facilities at this township which has become a new hell for them,” said Socialistic Democratic Party President Dr Darakhshan Andrabi while addressing a Press Conference at SDP Central Office in Jammu. Dr Darakhshan was accompanied by Kashmiri Pandit representative from Jagti DK Hazare and  SDP General Secretary Ajay Kumar.

In her briefing Dr Darakhshan said that from the day first of the occupation of the quarters by displaced community under the Prime Minister’s Special Package, the process of repairs begun as the material used in the construction of this township was too poor to stand for many years. Dr Andrabi said that in the name of rehabilitation of these migrant Kashmiris state government agencies have indulged in huge money making and despite the loud hue and cry from the occupants no action was taken by the government. “The life of these migrant inmates is nothing better than the hell. Jagti quarters have become a torture cell for the inmates. For days together the township remains in dark in absence of the electric supply and since the increase in mercury, the electricity in the township is a rarity,” said Dr Darakhshan Andrabi. She said that water supply in the area is conditional to the whims of the water supply department employees and people are suffering. She demanded that the relief given to the displaced community should be increased as the meager amount given to them is quite insufficient to sustain them in the present situation. She also asked the state government to provide electricity free of cost to the displaced community. Dr Darakhshan said, “Peaceful demonstrations from this peace loving educated community have not been taken into account by the government as the government is habitual of noticing the violent demonstrations only.”  She said that for long the government cannot ignore the problems of these distressed people. “Should New Delhi give another package to state for providing water supply and electricity to these Jagti residents,” asked Darakhshan. Dr Andrabi demanded that the remaining posts in government jobs under Prime Minister’s Package be provided to the community soon without any delay. She said that unemployed educated youth of the community are yearning to go the Kashmir to serve in their motherland. She said that if PM’s package was implemented without bunglings and political misuse, things would really be soothing for this royal community that suffered a lot during the last more than two decades now. SDP leaders Gursagar Singh, Sham Bhagat, Sanjay Manhas, Ajay Raina, Vishal Choudhry, Raj Rattan and Subhash Baba were also present.

 SDP organises public meeting at Reshemgarh Colony

“Public abondoned and publicilty prioritized by the government: Darakhshan

 Socialistic Democratic Party today organised a public meeting at Bakshshi Nagar Ward Number: 13, Reshamgarh Colony which was attended by the top rung leaders of the party and was presided over by SDP president Dr Darakhshan Andrabi who later addressed the public gathering. SDP General Secretary Ajay Kumar, SDP Youth Satate President Gursagar Singh, Provincial president Sham Bhagat and other leaders Vishal Choudhry, Sanjay Manhas, Munish Gupta, Ajay Raina, Sachin Jamwal, Kamaljit Singh also were present on the occasion. SDP president announced the appointment of JL Bhagat as the new representative of SDP in the area whileas Skandia Devi was nominated as Mahila Wing representative. In her address Dr Darakhshan said that despite the prime location of Reshemgarh, the area is deprived of basic civic amneties and local population is facing grave problems of water and electric scarcity. She said, “In these very hot days, it was very inhuman to make people suffer for drinking water. It was quite unacceptable to see that the locality is supplied the drinking water after the gap of three days”. She said that it was quite contrary to the declarations of the government that all basic facilities have been kept at the disposal of the common people throughout the state.  She expressed her grave concern over the electricity shortage in the area. Dr Andrabi welcomed many new entrants into  SDP fold and said that she was happy to see the youth and women coming out and joining active politics and termed it as a good omen for the positive change in the days to come. Dr Andrabi requested the people of the area to come out for the political change in the state as it was must for correcting the illnesses we have been forced to carry with us. Dr Andrabi said that our politics is the politics of show and publicity but at the ground level we only notice misery and exploitation. She appealed to the government to address to the problems of the locality or be ready for a resistance. Dr Andrabi said that in the coming days, the government will be facing grave public resistances on basic issues related to the common man.

SDP's Prayer Meeting for Peace on 27 April 2012

 "Darbar Move is a mockery on our democratic system”: Darakhshan

A religious person can never be an advocate of violence: SDP President

“ Peace is the biggest need of our state and thus all of need to spead the message of peace and inclusiveness in J&K and do our bit to achieve the goal of a prosperous state,” said Socialistic Democratic Party President Dr Darakhshan Andrabi while addressing at a special function held at Rajpura in Jammu today. SDP General Secretary Ajay Kumar led SDP cadres in performing a Yagya for the Peace and Prosperity in J&K. SDP President and all prominent leaders of SDP participated in the Yagya. In her address Dr Andrabi emphasised on the need of cultivating a broader out look for the young generation of our society where the religion should play the role of inculcating the universal vision and human approach. She said that those who talk of exclusiveness in the name of religion are only exhibiting their inability to understand the true spirit of religion. Dr Darakhshan Andrabi said that a religious person can never be an advocate of violence and it was the responsibility of all to make our youth understand thetrue meaning and spirit of religion. “ SDP cadres have been organising All Religious Prayer Meetings and Religious Peace Prayer Programmes throughout the state continuously and thus we try to invoke the good and positive spirits which ultimately will be helping us in fighting the evilness within our own society.

Dr Andrabi also reacted to the practice of Darbar Move in a very suttle way. “ It is the royal exescution of the government and is an unjustified  burden  on our treasury,” said SDP President. She said that this practice is a crude mockery on the whole democratic system. Dr Andrabi said that in this internet age it was not justified to move the whole Secretariat from one division to another. She said in much bigger states, governments work without such sick practices. She said that the present political parties donot have vision and guts to stop this practice but in the future this all has to stop. She said that when during the harshest days of weather the people of both thedivisions suffer unattended, the runners of the government enjoy picnic moves at the cost of common man’s interests. Dr Darakhshan said that when we are confronted with grave unemployment problems, the practice of Darbar Move wastes our crores of rupees every year without doing any good to the people.

PANCHS & SARPANCHS FROM BISHNAH JOIN SDP

It was a huge group of political activists from Bishnah who today joined the Socialistic Democratic Party at a function held at Press Club Jammu where SDP President Dr Darakhshan Andrabi welcomed and formally inducted them into SDP. SDP senior leader Peer Abdul Majid Shah, who is the party in charge of BIshnah had organized this function. In the group of forty five new entrants into SDP, a score of them were the elected Panchs and Sarpanchs of the constituency. Peer Abdul Majid presented a Memorandum on behalf the people of Bishna to SDP president throwing light on the problems and grievances of the people of the area. While addressing to the press and media representatives, SDP supremo Dr Darakhshan said that with these new entrants into the party SDP’s political base in the constituency will be stronger as majority of these political activists are the elected representatives of Panchayts. The prominent among those who joined are Ram Dayal, Bodh Raj, Ram Lal, Shamsher Singh, Krishan Lal and Vijay Kumar. “During her last visit of Basohli, she has herself seen the problems of the people. Majority of the people are distressed with the local administration. They are not at all happy by the anarchist working style of Tehsildar and the BDO of the area. People’s voice has been kept hostage to the power monopoly in the area,” said Dr Andrabi. She said SDP has decided to fight for the people in the area. She said that it will be our responsibility to establish healthy working atmosphere in different vital government offices in the area because these offices and officers are meant for the service of people as per laws and in the democratic system nobody can be allowed to exhibit his whims while discharging the duties. Dr Darakhshan Andrabi said that SDP leadership will establish direct contacts with the local authorities and will not hesitate in approaching the top level bureaucracy in this regard if need arises. “The execution system of the development works and the execution system of the revenue related affairs in the area need a big overhaul and she will herself try to initiate a struggle to correct the ailing working systems,” said Darakhshan. She said that she was not at all satisfied with the development in the area and she was convinced that the concerned authorities in lien with the political mafia were exploiting the innocent people of the area and misappropriating the public funds for their petty interests. Dr Andrabi assured the people of Bishna of the beginning of the new era there with SDP at their back.

Darakhshan address Protest Demonstration

SDP president Dr Darakhshan Andrabi today led a huge rally of VDC volunteers from all districts of Jammu outside Press Club in Jammu. Amid loud sloganeering the demands of the VDC’s were displayed by VDC representatives. At the culmination of the rally Subhash Baba, the president of VDC volunteers and Dr Darakhshan Andrabi spoke on the occasion. Speaking to press Dr Darakhshan said that she today submitted a memorandum to Union Minister for Renewable Energy Dr Farooq Abdullah in person. She said that she has today dispatched the copies of these memoranda to Union Home Minister P Chidambaram and Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh.

DARAKHSHAN'S BOOK RELEASED

It was a different nature of news from SDP president Dr Darakhshan Andrabi today. Her Kashmiri poetry collection Chaman Barg Rez was released today at Abhinav Theatre Jammu at a gracious function. The book was released by the Union Minister of New & Renewable energy Dr Farooq Abdullah in presence of J&K Minister of Tourism & Culture Nawang Rigzin Jora, Deputy Speaker of Legislative Council Mohammad Yousuf Teng, Commissioner Secretary Tourism & Secretary J&K Academy of Art, Culture and Languages Mr Atul Duloo amid a galaxy of intellectuals, media persons, bureaucrats, writers and prominent citizens from different walks of life. The released book contains poems that have been written during the last fifteen years of turmoil in the state.
Speaking on the occasion Dr Abdullah asked Nawang Rigzin Jora to forward the recommendation of the state for conferring Padma Shree to Dr Darakhshan keeping in view her political, social and intellectual contribution. In his address Dr Farooq Abdullah said that he was thrilled to see the creative talent of the politician Darakhshan and this pursuit of her has established her as the intellectual politician of our state. He said that Darakhshan’s contribution to Urdu and Kashmiri literature is of immense importance and significance and she is going represent the genius of Jammu & Kashmir into whole of the world.
A paper was read out by eminent poet Farooq Nazki who said that Darakhshan was already an established Urdu poet of the country and she has been honoured with many national awards for her literary contribution. Farooq Nazki said, “Darakhshan has been part of the contemporary Indian Literary movement. She writes poetry, short stories and essays in Kashmiri and Urdu. Many of her literary creations have been translated into many Indian as well as foreign languages. Through her translations too she has enriched her mother tongue Kashmiri. She has translated prominent Indian poets like Atal Bihari Vajpai, Vikram Seth, Nigeen Saikia, Padma Sachdev,Amrita Pritam into Kashmiri besides the translation of Chilean Noble laureate poet Pablo Neruda. She has translated many portions of ancient Sanskrit poetics into Kashmiri.” As per the analytical paper Dr Andrabi was the first Kashmiri female poet of Kashmiri who has not expressed her feminine anger but has spoken very loudly on the human sphere and level. He said that Chaman Barg Rez has very powerful poetic expressions in different forms. In addition to ghazals, there are very powerful experimental nazams in free verse too. “For the first time she has introduced doha to Kashmiri and she has also written some verse in the traditional marriage song form vanvun too. Her innovations in free verse form are worth reading”, said Farooq Nazki. Famous singer Deepali Wattal thrilled the jam packed Abhinav Theatre audience by singing two melodious ghazals of Darakhshan Andrabi.

In support of Village Defence Committee Volunteers

For the second time in the last one month, SDP organized a mega rally ofVillage Defence Committee volunteers of Jammu Province at Akhnoor. Therally was presided over by SDP president Dr Darakhshan Andrabi whoaddressed the gathering at the conclusion of one day programme. Earlier therepresentatives of VDCs Subhash Baba, Purshottam Singh, Bodh Raj Sharma,Bhushan Singh, Om Prakash and Raj Kumar spoke about the problems faced bythe VDCs. Later in her presidential lecture, Dr Darakhshan Andrabi saidthat VDCs have got us out of the troubled times after a long risky strugglewhich they put in amid great sacrifices. She said that these brave citizensvolunteered to face to bullet to save the society and it was our jointresponsibility to fight for their well being and rehabilitation. “From Dodato Udhampur and from Akhnoor to Poonch, these brave sons of the soil tookto fighting militants when many of us had fled from the scene, and now theyare living pathetic lives as we have abandoned them altogether,” said DrDarakhshan Andrabi. She asked, “Are they paying the price of beingpatriots?” Dr Andrabi said that our government this about rehabilitatingmilitants and those anti-nationals who took to arms and killed the wholehumanity but same government has no time for thinking of rehabilitation forthese brave patriots who on government persuasion only took to armscountering militants and killers. Darakhshan demanded the regularization oftheir contribution on the basis of adhoc appointments as a special casekeeping in view the importance of the issue. Dr Andrabi asked the centralgovernment to announce a special package for the rehabilitation of VDC's.

Raising voice for people in hilly areas of Ramban & Banihal

“The hilly and far off areas of Ramban and Banihal are still to feel the pace of development we are in. Extortionist politics has added to the backwardness of Ramban district. The local political representatives have only exploited and looted the common innocent people who do not have much exposure. The politicians are only taking advantage of their innocence,” said SDP president Dr Darakhshan Andrabi while speaking to the media persons while welcoming fifty new political activists hailing from other political parties including NC, Congress and PDP belonging to Ramban and Banihal. Dr Darakhshan Andrabi said that misinformation and deception is what has been ruling these backward areas of our state and she held the politicians responsible for this. “It is shameful for all of us see that majority of the villages of these areas don’t have drinking water facilities, proper power supply and also lack good roads and schools. We talk of scientific and technological revolutions and the people of these areas have been left amid the struggle for bread and basic requirements for a common sustainable life,” said Darakhshan Andrabi while addressing the press. She expressed her worry by saying that there was a lot of misappropriation in the implementation of the centrally sponsored schemes. Political hooliganism was ruling the working system in these areas and the benefits of the schemes meant for people below poverty line and lower middle class were given to the influential and economically well off political activists belonging to the ruling cadres. “The solar lights meant for the poor were allotted to the influential; the ration meant for BPL was given wholesome to the rich. This is an old practice which continues as a ritual,” said Dr Darakhshan. She said that the majority of the people in the hamlets of these hilly areas do not even know about the government schemes and that is why their shares are easily grabbed by the influential. “For the past twenty years there has been great bungling in implementation of the pivotal centrally sponsored schemes in Ramban district and it all needs to be probed so that those involved in loot of common man’s right are booked,” said Dr Darakhshan. She said that SDP has initiated awareness drive in these areas and SDP activists are giving awareness to the people about different schemes and their rights. She said that soon the people of these hilly terrains will come out openly in support of their demands. She said that she wanted the ignorant people of Ramban and Banihal to feel empowered and that was why SDP has initiated a movement in these areas.

Darakhshan supports Agricultural Technocrats

SDP President protesing in support of the demands of agricultural technocrats (Rehbar-e-Ziraat) for regularization in the state Agricultural Department. These tranined highly educated technocrats are serving on small perks on temporary basis for the last sixteen years.

Darakhshan's public address at Pacca Talab (Bahu Fort) Jammu

“More than twenty five thousand already existing posts of different cadres are vacant in different government departments and the government has failed to initiate the process of filling them,” said Socialistic Democratic Party President Dr Darakhshan Andrabi while addressing a Public Rally at Pacca Talab in Bahu Fort locality in Jammu today. Dr Andrabi said the youth of the state have now understood the gimmicks of the politicians of the state are convinced to change the political system in the state in next elections. She said that unemployment was the biggest issue of the youth and in absence of an organized and evolved private sector in the state, educated youth are nourishing the hopes of getting adjusted in the government sector. “But despite clear vacancies, the government has altogether blocked the recruitment process for these vacancies. On the contrary, the government increased the salaries of legislators and ministers manifold but ignored the unemployed youth,” said Darakhshan. She asked the government to explain why they made a fool of the unemployed youth by asking them to register their names in the concerned employment counseling centers and up to now more than six lackh youth have registered their names when the government has not been able to initiate anything after the lapse of one and a half years from the day of announcing the much hyped Sheri Kashmir Employment Scheme. “Half of the present government’s term has ended and we are yet to see any plan or scheme climbing down from the files to the ground level. Unemployed youth are running short of time. They cannot wait till next elections come nearer. Youth are our real future and we cannot make them a casualty to political tricks,” said Dr Andrabi. She asked the Chief Minister to see that something concrete is done with honesty for unemployment eradication than making claims only. She said that if at all we play with the future of our youth our own future will be dark. Dr Darakhshan requested the CAPD authorities to ensure the frequent supply of Kerosine Oil to the local populace and suggested to send mobile kerosene tankers to the area twice a month so that the need of the population is met. She also asked the municipal authorities to activate their cleanliness machinery in the area. “Being the locality adjacent to the famous Bahu Fort, the area should be lighted with solar lights,” demanded Darakhshan Andrabi.

Addressing to new party workers

On 29th of February many new political activists from Akhnoor tehsil joined SDP. Dr Darakhshan welcomed them into SDP fold.

On 18th February SDP President visited more than fifteen villages in border area of Akhnoor and met the locals and listened to their problems. Later Dr Andrabi met the local administration and submit a memorandum seeking the attention of the authorities to the problems of the people.

Bharat Jyoti Award & Glory of India Gold Medal

India International Friendship Society awarded Dr Darakhshan Andrabi with "Bharat Jyoti Award" and "The Glory of India Gold Medal" at Constitution Club in New Delhi. The awards were given to her by the ex-Union Minister and ex-Governor of Tamil Nadu and Assam Dr Bhishm Narayan Singh, ex-Governor of Jharkhand Syed Sibti Rizi and ex-Director CBI S. Joginder Singh.

INDO-PAK LOVE & PEACE DAY 2012

SDP Celebrates Velentine's Day as the Indo-Pak Love and Peace Day every year. This year a function was organised at International Border at Abdulliah Post in R S Pura Sector where OLIVES(the tress representing love) were planted on the diving line by SDP president and her brigade. Pigeons and baloons carrying love messages were flown into the Pak skies. On the occasion the Overseas Pakistanis Organisation awarded Dr Darakhshan for her non diplomatic initiatives for bridging the gaps between India & Pakistan.

ALL RELIGIONS MEET

On 9 February 2012 SDP organised a Sarva Dharm meet at the shrine of Peer Baba at Talab Tilloo Jammu on Akhnoor Road where SDP president Dr Darakhshan and other leaders offered flower wreaths to the Peer Baba's tomb and then SDP president addressed the gathering.