SRINAGAR: Citing his own example, lieutenant governor Manoj Sinha exhorted that the youth of Jammu and Kashmir should “direct their activism towards development to become future leaders of the country”, in his address on Independence Day.”Lt Governor Manoj Sinha said that youth has the power of transformation, his own student life was marked with activism; he asked the youth of Jammu and Kashmir to direct their activism towards development as future leaders of the country,” according to a tweet by the official handle of the Department of Information and Public Relations (DIPR), Jammu and Kashmir government on August 15.”This day inspires us to preserve and protect the Independence and integrity of our country and create a poverty-free, disease-free, and illiteracy free society,” he said remembering the sacrifices of the freedom fighters.Sinha said that the constitutional changes in 2019 had led to 50 decisions which will usher in a new era of normalcy and development in the Union Territory and also laid down the five targets for his government, which include, “transparency in governance, grassroots democracy, people’s welfare, accelerated development and creation of employment opportunities.”
