Rahul Gandhi: UPA has transformed the mood in Kashmir

Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi was in J&K to inaugurate a scheme meant for women named “Umeed”. While interacting with the media he said, Where ever we are in Government , where ever we are in partnership we do our job. We do it aggressively. That is why I have come to Kashmir. It's very important to me. I come from Kashmir historically. And I would like to see participation of people in Kashmir at the local level and I would like to see it progress possibly one of the fastest progressing state of our country. Replying to a question on the relationship with ruling party he said, We have a healthy constructive relationship. On change of leadership in Pakistan and it's impact on J&K Rahul Gandhi said, the real change has to come from within. We cannot be dependent on what is going on in the rest of the world.  How can we involve our people in Kashmir, how can we give them more voice , how can we involve them in the government at the local level, how can we involve these women , how can we ensure that youngsters have jobs. How can we ensure progress. Whether the leadership in Pakistan is good or bad, that's not in our hands. He further said UPA2 and UPA1 has transformed the mood in Kashmir. Progress takes time. But there is massive progress in Kashmir. Progress in the sentiment of the people. There is a progress in the connectivity that Kashmir is having. There is progress in Tourism. We are on a upward forward path. We are going to ensure that the people of Kashmir get the development they deserve.

Rahul Gandhi in Budgam (Kashmir), 15th June 2013

Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi attend a union rural development ministry function to review the implementation of Umeed, an ambitious project to organise more than nine lakh women under 90,000 self-help groups in the next five years and impart them skilled training in Kashmir.

Rahul Gandhi keeps his promise, visits Kashmir University with some top industrialists

Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi kept his promise made to the students of Kashmir Valley during his earlier visit, as he addressed a packed Kashmir University auditorium with some top industrialists, including Tata and Kumarmangalam Birla, on the stage. Tata Group chairman Ratan Tata hailed Congress leader Rahul Gandhi 's efforts to bring investments to the county's northern most state, Jammu and Kashmir . The country's leading industrialist arrived in Kashmir for an interaction with the students of Kashmir University, which was organised at the behest of Rahul Gandhi. Speaking at the event, Tata praised Rahul Gandhi for the "step forward to have a conversation with the great wealth of human capital" available in the state. He said Gandhi had "not opened a window, but opened a door" to the investors.

Rahul Gandhi in Kashmir: “I am also a Kashmiri, I want to know your difficulties”

Congress General Secretary Rahul Gandhi, who is on a two-day visit to Kashmir, attended the function to lay the foundation stone for the of the "Z-Morh Tunnel" on the Srinagar-Leh section of National Highway (NH)-1, which aims to provide all-weather connectivity with Ladakh. While addressing the function, Rahul Gandhi struck an emotional chord with the people and said that he wants to build a lifelong relationship with people of Kashmir. He wishes to understand their difficulties and work for the development of the state. “Farooq Abdullah Ji had just said that his father had a good friend ship with my great-grandfather and they had worked together for a better Kashmir. I want to inform you that my family also belongs to Kashmir. I am also a Kashmiri” said Rahul Gandhi and added “.I have two goals in my mind. I know that the people in Kashmir have been passing through a number of hardships. So, I first want to build a lifelong relationship with you so that I can thoroughly understand your pain as well as your difficulties. I, therefore, look forward to establish a good relationship with the people of Kashmir like the way my great grandfather did with the father of Farooq Abdullah Ji”.

Rahul Gandhi: I want to connect the youth in Kashmir with development

Congress General Secretary Rahul Gandhi, who is on a two-day visit to Kashmir, struck an emotional chord with the people of Kashmir while addressing a function to lay the foundation stone for the of the "Z-Morh Tunnel" on the Srinagar-Leh section of National Highway (NH)-1, which aims to provide all-weather connectivity with Ladakh. While addressing the function, Rahul Gandhi said that he wants to build a lifelong relationship with people of Kashmir. “My aim is to connect the youth in Kashmir with development. At present, our country has been developing fast and the entire states are achieving faster growth in all the fields like education and health. I want the same development and facilities in Kashmir too. Kashmir needs better education, health, infrastructure and electricity” said the Congress MP.

Rahul Gandhi with industrialists in Kashmir.

Congress General Secretary Rahul Gandhi during his ongoing visit to Kashmir had interacted with the students in Kashmir University auditorium. Sharing the stage with him was a power-packed panel of India's top industrial and corporate leaders, including Ratan Tata and Kumarmangalam Birla

Rahul Gandhi wants more connectivity in Kashmir

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