- Raman Bhalla Urges Youth to Defend Democracy, Constitution
Jammu, August 09, 2025:- In connection with the Quit India Day anniversary today, an impressive function was held here today at PCC HQ Shahid Chowk Jammu in which senior leaders of PCC, DCC, and frontal organizations, besides a large number of prominent workers, participated and remembered sacrifices and contributions of great leaders of the Indian National Congress led by Mahatma Gandhi.
The function was presided over by former Minister and Working President PCC Shri Raman Bhalla and attended by Th. Balwan Singh (Ex-MLA), Chief Spokesperson Ravinder Sharma (Ex-MLC), Yogesh Sawhney ( Ex-Minister), Ved Mahajan ( Ex-MLC I/C HQ), Th. Balbir Singh( Ex-MLA), Yash Pal Kundal (Ex-Minister), Rajnish Sharma (Treasurer), G.M.Saroori( Ex-Minister), Smt. Kanta Bhan, DCC President Th. Manmohan Singh (Jammu Urban), Hari Singh Chib (Jammu Rural), Pravez Wani (Ramban), Sanjeev Panda, Javed Lone, Vijay Shastri, Virinder Manhas, Ashok Bhagat, Rakesh Sharma, Vijayant Pathania, Dewan Chand, Maqbool Choudhary, Kewal Krishan Jogi, Sat Pal Sapolia, Annirudh Sawhney, Swarnveer Singh, Bharat Bhushan and others.
The speakers recalled the freedom struggle and the role of Quit India Movement of 1942, launched by INC led by Mahatma Gandhi in achieving the goal of freedom. The AICC session at Bombay on 08th August, 1942, decided to launch the Quit India Movement. The entire national leadership of Congress, including Mahatma Gandhi, were taken into custody the same night. The next day, Smt. Aruna Asif Ali a young leader, hoisted the flag, breaking all barriers, and a movement was launched through the length and breadth of the country. While Mahatma Gandhi Ji was in jail, his wife Smt. Kasturba Gandhi expired, Pt. Jawahar Lal Nehru remained in Jail for nearly three years till March 1945. The entire leadership was in jail but it was Smt. Indira Gandhi who returned from Srinagar airport and led the entire movement. This movement forced Britishers to decide to leave this country and we attained freedom in 1947.
Shri Bhalla also recalled that there are forces and organizations who did not participate in the Quit India Movement and sided with the Britishers but today questioning Congress and its leadership, which is very unfortunate and irony of the time. Their descendants now claim to be ultra-nationalists and question the credibility and loyalty of the Congress party to the nation. The present regime wants to distort the history of nation and misguide young generations.
Shri Bhalla said that the younger generations have to draw inspiration from freedom fighters to fight against injustice and threats to democracy, especially from the bungling in the election process. He declared that the congress has to fight the battle for safeguarding the freedom, democracy, and constitution of India and fully support the leadership at this juncture.