 Early Times Report
JAMMU, Feb 23: Congress party is the only truly secular, democratic and progressive force which can keep Jammu and Kashmir on the path of peace, progress and harmony while the forces of hatred would create wedge in the society and the regions for vote bank politics, said J&K Pradesh Congress Committee (PCC) Chief GA Mir.
Mir was addressing a function at Pradesh Congress Committee headquarters, Shaheedi Chowk, Jammu, in which he and other senior functionaries of the party formally admitted and welcomed the several prominent activists from BJP along with their supporters into the Congress party.
Mir while welcoming them to the Congress party, extensively dealt with emerging political scenario in Jammu & Kashmir, where Congress party is fast emerging as the only choice of people because of its progressive, democratic and secular policies.
Stating that majority population of Jammu and Kashmir opted for the secular country-India defeating all advances of neighbouring 'Islamic State' and J&K is and shall always remain an integral part of India, Mir said that there is no place for politics of exploitation and negative politics, as people of the erstwhile state appreciate and participate in the vibrant democracy of this great nation for a better future and good governance. However until the status of statehood with all consequential rights and the popular government is restored people's unrest will not end. People feel cheated, divided, deprived, downgraded with loss of dignity, status and genuine tights, which was never expected by them even in dream.
He appealed the people to look back to the history of traditional harmony, peace and secularism and reject the forces of exploitation and hatred for a better future, for which Congress is the truly secular, democratic, nationalist and progressive force to lead the people of Jammu and Kashmir on the path progress and prosperity along with rest of the country.
The leaders who joined Congress party include Gansham- Chairman Border Welfare and Kissan leader, Romesh Lal, Sanjeev Mathur-Adv, Dr Parmjeet Sharma Kathur, Manhoor Lal -Ex Naib Sarpanch; Dhani Ram, Surinder Kumar Kathur, Bhagwan Dass, Kapil Dere Verma, Ravi Kant, Rohit Sharma, Anil Kumar, Ranjeet Kumar, Romesh Kumar, Rakesh Kumar, Nazir Ahmed, Gopal Singh, Anita Devi and Som Dutt. |
