• DPAP leader assures youth welfare, eradicating drug addiction

JAMMU: Senior Democratic Progressive Azad Party (DPAP) leader and former JMC Councillor, Sobat Ali, has assured the people of Bahu-Gandhi Nagar Assembly Constituency that he will work hard to eradicate the menace of drug addiction from the Constituency by taking the help of Police and other organisations working in this direction.

He said that lack of government policies for the youth has increased frustration among the youth and they are falling prey to addiction. Sobat Ali, who is also DPAP candidate from Bahu-Gandhi Nagar Assembly Constituency was addressing a gathering during a Dangal at Bhatindi area in Jammu on Thursday.

He said if he is elected to victory in the ongoing Assembly elections then he will waste no time in going for generating employment avenues for the youth besides ensuring proper sports facilities for them so that they are properly engaged in constructive works.

“Youth are the important assets of our nation and we are supposed to work for their welfare but unfortunately all the past regimes have only exploited the youth and did least for their welfare,” Sobat Ali maintained adding: “Under the leadership of former Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad, DPAP will soon emerge an important force in government formation and the youth will play a good role in nation building.”

He also conducted door-to-door visits in many areas of Bahu-Gandhi Nagar Assembly Constituency including Sainik Colony, Channi, Bahu Fort locality, Narwal area, Sunjwan and other areas and listened to various problems of the public and assured to get those issues resolved by involving the concerned departments. The DPAP leader asked the people of Bahu Constituency to vote in his favour so that he can work properly and with more dedication for the people.

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