Rahul Gandhi, a leader committed to deliver what he promised

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.

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