 Early Times Report
Jammu, Dec 13 : Congress today accused the PDP-BJP government of ignoring the plight of people in the state and urged voters to "teach a lesson" to the ruling parties in the upcoming civic body elections.
"The BJP-PDP alliance has been ignoring the plight of the people of the state. The people of Bihar and the people of Gujarat have taught a lesson to BJP and now it's the time for the people of Jammu and Kashmir to teach the ruling parties a lesson in the upcoming civic body polls," Congress senior leader told party workers here today.
Prominent Gujjar leader of Poonch -- Choudhary Abdul Gani joined the Congress. Senior leaders of the party besides legislators attended the public meet. Choudhary Gani had left National Conference before the last assembly elections and contested as independent candidate from Haveli (Poonch), securing around 18,000 votes.
Addressing the gathering Sham Lal Sharma lashed out the BJP for its total surrender on the core issues, which it used to exploit the people of Jammu region all though these years, like Article 370, citizenship to West Pakistan refugees, philosophy of Shyama Prasad Mukherjee and all other issues of people of Jammu region. He said that it has exposed BJP's double standards for power, while PDP leadership is making contradictory statements on vital issues concerning the state. He said that the two parties have completely betrayed their respective electorates and every section of the society is facing great hardships due to the wrong policies of the present dispensation.
Senior Vice President Sham Lal Sharma; Ex-MP Madan Lal Sharma; Vice Presidents Mula Ram, G.M.Saroori-MLA, Kanta Bhan; MLA Ch. Mohd. Akram; General Secretaries Shabir Ahmed Khan, Shah Mohammad Choudhary, Ch. Shah Nawaz, Sdr. S.S.Channi, Namrata Sharma, Faqir Nath; Rajnish Sharma-(Co-Tresurer); M.K.Bhardwaj, Maheshwar Singh; Ex-MLA's Shiv Dev Singh & Girdhari Lal Chalotra; Shashi Sharma, Shamsher Singh Chib, Indu Pawar,-Ex-MLA, Uma Shanker Pandey-IYC Secretary, Udhey Singh Chib- Secretary All India NSUI, Shiv Kumar Sharma (INTUC), Pranav Shagotra (PYC), Neeraj Kundan (NSUI), Rajni Bala, Taj Hussian Mir, Hira Lal Pandita, Ashwani Puri, Pawan Singh, Neeraj Gupta, Choudhary Masood, Surinder Gupta, Talinter Singh, Raj Dev Singh Sanjeev Sharma were prominent among those who attended the rally. |
