| Congress not to join cabinet, till statehood restored: Karra | | | Early Times Report
Reasi, Aug 27: JKPCC President Shri Tariq Hameed Karra has put to rest speculations of Congress joining the Omar led cabinet in UT, stating that Congress had taken a prinncpled stand not to join the government till the statehood is restored and its stand is unchanged. Taking to reporters after addressing a. Impressive joining programme here today by District Congress Committee Reasi, Karra said that Congress can’t climb down from it’s principled stand of restoration of statehood and other constitutional rights, taken away from people in order to join the government but quickly added that anytime BJP tries to disturb the stability of NC government, INC will always be there. He said that Congress support to the NC government doesn’t mean that it will remain silent on the issues of governance and fulfilling the ommitments to the people by the government. On the issue of power hike, Congress has already opposed burdening the common man who is already suffering, rather he demanded that government should come out with a comprehensive amnesty scheme for power to give relaxations to the common man. A number of new members also joined the Congress family, expressing their faith in the ideology, policies and leadership of the Indian National Congress. The programme was attended by Sh. Raman Bhalla, Working President JKPCC; Ch. Lal Singh, former Minister; Sh. Jugal Kishore Sharma, former Minister; Sh. Babu Jag Jivan Lal, former Minister; Sh. Rajesh Sadotra, General Secretary JKPCC; Sh. Rakesh Wazir, General Secretary JKPCC; Sh. Bhupinder Singh, former District President; Sh. Munshi Ram Salalia, Senior Congress Leader; Adv. Ayaz Hussain; Adv. Ajay Salalia, President DCC Reasi; Sh. Karandeep Singh, General Secretary J&K Pradesh Youth Congress; Smt. Shobha Sharma, President Mahila Congress; Smt. Kaushalya Devi, Sh. Satya Parmar, Senior Congress Leaders, Shri Vijyant Pathania and Adv. Vijay Sharma, District Spokesperson, besides other leaders and workers. Addressing the gathering, Sh. Raman Bhalla emphasised the need to further strengthen the Congress organisation at the grassroots level and called upon party workers to remain connected with the people and work for their welfare. He stressed the importance of unity, discipline and collective efforts in strengthening the organisation in Jammu & Kashmir. |
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