When Rahul Gandhi,
the Congress General Secretary, had visited Kashmir last year, he had promised
the students that he would bring some top industrialists to Srinagar so that
they can have interaction with them directly. Further he has promised that he
would make all his possible efforts for a tunnel in Sonamarg that will connect
Kashmir with Ladakh Srinagar.
Now he has kept both his promises. Five top industrialists
will fly to Srinagar on Friday, as part of a Rahul Gandhi-driven initiative and
they would listen to Kashmir University students to get a firsthand feel of the
ground situation and then work on what they can do to create employment
opportunities in the State. The industrialists include Ratan Tata, Kumar
Mangalam Birla, Rajiv Bajaj and Deepak Parekh. Further he also will attend the
funtio0n to lay the foundation stone for the tunnel he had promised.
“This is a completely new initiative for Jammu and Kashmir,”
says a Congress leader in the state. “Rahulji is keeping the promise he made to
Kashmir University students he met last year in September. The students, had
complained about the lack of industry and jobs, and Mr. Gandhi assured them
that he would bring some top businessmen to Srinagar so that they could
interact with them directly” he adds.
After a meeting with students of the university, scheduled
for 10.30 a.m. on Friday, the industrialists will meet members of the local
Chambers of Commerce to discuss the possibilities of investment in the area.
Rahul Gandhi would be present during the meeting with the students, Congress
sources said.
Rahul Gandhi will arrive in the Kashmir Valley on Thursday
on a two- day visit. On his agenda is a meeting at the Sher-i-Kashmir
International Conference Centre with panchayat members in the Valley on Friday:
this follows his call to increase security for sarpanches who were facing
threats from militants, and a meeting with a delegation of sarpanches who
travelled to Delhi last week. The Congress General Secretary Gandhi always
argued for more powers to panchayats.
On Thursday, he will visit the Ladakh region and hold public
rallies in Leh and Kargil town, after which he will attend the foundation stone
laying ceremony of the Z-Morh Tunnel in Sonamarg, that will connect Kashmir
with Ladakh Srinagar. Rahul Gandhi will then meet members of the Jammu &
Kashmir NSUI and address the ongoing meeting of the Youth Congress National
Executive in Srinagar.
This article
is posted by pressbrief.in
