Jammu, August 26 :The Congress party on Friday held a preparatory meeting at the party office in view of upcoming visit of Smt. Rajani Patil All India Congress Committee In-charge for Jammu & Kashmir and welcome of the new JKPCC President Vikar Rasool Wani to be held on 30th of this month. The meeting was chaired by Working President PCC Raman Bhalla. Senior Congress leaders including Mula Ram and Former Minister Yogesh Sawhney, Kanta Bhan, Manmohan Singh, T S Bajwa, Hari Singh, Frontal Cells of the party and various District Presidents from Jammu region attended the meeting.
While addressing the meeting, Working President PCC Raman Bhalla issued directions for the preparations to the various party members present. Discussions were held on the upcoming program wherein various District Presidents and party members were informed of the party instructions. During the meeting, Bhalla stated that the Congress party is to stand united in the fight against the common enemy of public welfare and BJP’s anti-people policies.
Speaking on the occasion, Shri Raman Bhalla said that the employees of various categories like daily wagers, need based, contractual, adhoc etc of PHE, PDD, Rural Development and others departments are on roads for their regularization of services. The lawyers are protesting for their genuine demands bout Govt. instead of solving their problems harass them and lingran all decisions of the public welfare.
From government employees in J&K to students to the unemployed youth, people in large numbers are stepping out on the streets for their genuine demands and needs; this needs to change, he said. He further encouraged the party members to work on the grassroots level and were also told to ensure that the office-bearers of the party connect with the public. As the people are suffering on account of BJP’s misrule, he said that Congress must prepare well to fight the elections.
Congress leader Mula Ram, also speaking at the meeting, said that the Congress party must be in ready mode in view of ensuing elections. People of Jammu are distraught and there is no end to their suffering BJP is removed from the seat of power. All sections of people have been adversely affected, as can be seen from today’s situation, he added.
Also speaking at the meeting, former Minister Yogesh Sawhney said that it is high time to move the party’s campaign against BJP’s anti-people policies in full swing. We must work for the people and strive to form a people-centric government in J&K as and when the time comes. As per the party’s policy, all district and ward leaders must chalk out strategies to reach to masses and address major concerns, said Sawhney.
Kanta Bhan, Manmohan Singh and various other senior Congress leaders also spoke in the meeting.
The meeting was chaired by Working President PCC Shri Raman Bhalla and attended by Former Ministers Shri Mula Ram & Yogesh Sawhney, T.S. Bajwa (Ex-MP), Smt. Kanta Bhan, Th. Manmohan Singh, Rajnish Sharma, Shahnawaz Choudhary, Indu Pawar, Ashok Bhagat, K.K. Pangotra, Hari Singh Chib, Sanjeev Sharma, Pankaj Dogra, Rajesh Sadotra, Shiv Kumar Sharma, Vijay Sharma, Uday Bhanu Chib, Sunny Paihar, Shashi Sharma, Pawan Raina, H.S. Mehta, Kapil Singh, Dwarka Choudhary, Deepaka Rajwat, Sahil Sharma, Col, Swarn Singh, Rajinder Singh, Vijay Sharma Babbi, Ritu Choudhary, Amrit Bali, Thomas Khokhar, Satish Sharma, Rajvir Singh, Sanjeev Panda, Karan Bhagat, Suresh Dogra, Sandeep Dogra, Pranav Shagotra, Sat Pal Spolia, Ashok Sharma, Pritam Singh, Babal Gupta, Rashpal Bhardwaj, Kamal Singh, Ricky Dalotra, Jatin Vashisht, J.J. Singh, Balbir Singh, Rajiv Saraf, K.K. Jogi, Pawan Bhagat, Arti Gupta and others.