Eyeing to woo voters ahead of the 2014 Lok Sabha polls, the National Conference (NC) today issued a roster of state ministers who would meet the people to address their grievances at the party headquarters here.
Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, who is also the party's working president, has asked his ministerial colleagues and Provincial president Devender Singh Rana to hold public hearings between 10 AM and 1 PM on specified dates at Sher-e-Kashmir Bhawan, a party spokesman said.
The public hearing would begin on December 2. The mechanism had worked well in February-March this year with people lodging their problems with the ministers to seek on-the-spot redressal, he said.
According to the roster, Minister for Finance and Ladakh Affairs Abdul Rahim Rather will meet the people on December 2; Minister for Planning and Development, Labour and Employment Ajay Kumar Sadhotra on December 9; Minister for Social Welfare Sakina Itoo on January 6, 2014; Minister of State (IC) for Science & Technology and Information Technology Feroz Ahmed Khan on January 13; Minister for Rural Development and Panchayati Raj Ali Mohammed Sagar on January 20; Minister for Higher Education Mohammad Akbar Lone on January 27; Minister for CAPD and Transport Chowdhary Mohammad Ramzan on February 3; Minister for Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Mir Saifullah on February 10; Minister of State (IC) for Animal & Sheep Husbandry Nazir Ahmed Khan (Gurezi) on February 17; and Minister for Forests, Environment & Ecology Main Altaf Ahmad on February 24.
Advisor to the Chief Minister Qamar Ali Akhoon will, however, meet the people on every Thursday between 10 AM and 1 PM, the roster adds.
