Srinagar, Nov 21 (JKNS): Chairperson J&K Waqf Board and Minister of State Dr Syed Darakhshan Andrabi on Friday said that attempts to derail peace and development in Jammu & Kashmir will not succeed, asserting that the tourism sector will rebound stronger despite recent challenges.
As per news agency JKNS, Andrabi attended as the Chief Guest the14th General Meeting & Tourism Promotion Event of Tourist Trade Interest Guild at Srinagar.
Representatives of Trade organizations, Hoteliers, Transpoeters, House Boat Owners were part of the event. Many prominent businessmen and contributors associated with tourism industry were honoured on the occasion.
In her address Dr Andrabi said, our tourism industry saw a boom in Jammu and Kashmir after 2019, but our enemies don’t want us to live in peace and develop as a people and so they plan to reintroduce violence and bloodshed here so that our life stops again.
“We are living in a strong decisive India and we cannot allow such subversive activities to derail us from peace and development. Tourism will bounce back here again”, said Dr Andrabi.
She said that majority of our youth don’t support any kind of violence and terrorism at all. We have seen it during the past six years.
“A few elements are still trying to reestablish their hateful and divisive agenda and reinforce it through terror mechanisms but they will be thrashed and smashed.
Violence and hatred has no place in J&K and the rest of the country now. We will re-emerge as a place of peace and tourism boom in J&K”, said Dr Darakhshan.
The event was graced by Javed Anjum, the Director of Sheikh-ul-Aalam International Airport, Waseem Raja Joint Director Tourism Kashmir, Tariq Ahmad Ghani, eminent business leader & Zahoor Ahmed Karnai Chairman of TTIG among others including prominent businessmen associated with tourism sector. (JKNS)
