Let world identify youth of J&K as Icons of discipline and morality: Omar

Jammu, February 15 (Scoop News) –  J&K Chief Minister  Omar Abdullah today personally interacted with J&K Scouts and Guides associated with All India Boys Scouts, who had arrived Jammu in large number for participation in Mega campuri 2011 at his residence.

            Minister for Medical Education, R.S. Chib, Minister of State of Tourism, Nasir Aslam Wani, Advisors to Chief Minister,  Mubark Gul,  Davinder Singh Rana and Chief Commissioner, Scouts and Guides, Khawja Farooq Renzushah were present on the occasion.

Chief Minister said that Scouting is the pivotal and most effective instrument for strengthening human relationship and bridging the gap so that people love each other. It has paramount role in J&K State as people are either being divided in the name of rural and city conflict or hostility is being created between regions and races. Some sections complain in the name of discrimination on account of development or economic disparities but all these complaints will melt away when we will reach to the pinnacle of development which should be our unanimous goal.   

Whenever youth of the valley is referred at any stage, it is unfortunate that they are being identified as gun wielding boys or stone pelters. He said that no doubt one section or one class exists which express their anger in abnormal manner but let world identify majority of our youth are icon of discipline and morality. In case some section of youth has anger, everybody should find reasons for their anger rather than playing blame games. It is wish and desire of all to usher our State in arena of progress, self-sufficiency, prosperity and restoration of self confidence. Whenever, there are impediments anger is the natural phenomena but a proper guidance and discipline makes a person positive in presenting his case.

Chief Minister said that “I realise you people had to face more problems on account of education but now it shall be our determined efforts that not a single child or students is rendered to waste even a second during coming academic session”. We will try our best that your parents should be able to earn their livelihood without any fear whether they are associated with agriculture, tourism, trade, industry and business. However he added that for achieving this goal everyone has to play his positive role.          

Chief Minister appreciated that Jammu and Kashmir Scouts which is the J&K Chapter of All India Boys Scouts is playing a vital role in disciplining the youth through trainings and Scouts activities. He said that apart from formal education Scouts training is very necessary for our budding youth. He emphasized for skill development training and advised Scouts and Guides to earn more and more proficiency badges. Chief Minister said that in other countries, he has himself seen young Scouts and Guides with their uniforms decorated with their badges of achievements, going from door to door for helping people and demonstrating the importance of Scouting.

He said that among you, the students are the future doctors, engineers, IAS and KAS officers but for this you have to work hard. He referred Shah Fasal who belongs to a poor family and his father was killed four days before his examination but he has proved his mettle by standing first in IAS, by studying under candle light but his powerful determination made it possible that he achieved his goal.

He said our youth should be obsessed with an idea to see his State progressing rather than remaining silent spectator to destruction and devastation. The Chief Minister reiterated that it is the responsibility of State Government to maintain the situation in such a way that now onwards the working of schools and educational institutions is not affected due to unnecessary closure calls. He conveyed the children as well as their parents Idd Milad felicitations.

The Chief Commissioner of J&K Scouts and Guides on this occasion said that J&K Scouts which is the J&K Chapter of All India Boys Scouts of which Ex- Chief Justice of India,  Ranganathan is the Chief Scout. He said that J&K Scouts is the oldest organisation of the State. He also referred lion scouts ceremony held 4 years before in which the first lion scout of the Valley  Sher-i- Kashmir, Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah was remembered and said that since then under the guidance of Omar Abdullah various programmes of scouting were conducted successfully in the State.

On this occasion, Prof. Parray, Nazir Ahmed, Ratesh Kumar, M.Y. Manzar, Gowhar Altaf, Gytari, Abdul Haq, Akhtar Hussain, Punit Kumar, Showkat Ahmed, Irshad Ahmed, Deeba Nazir, Moosda Mehraj were also present. 

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