 Early Times Report
Jammu, Aug 11: Hundreds of leaders and activists of Bharatiya Janata Party, Jammu & Kashmir gathered at Jammu Airport to receive Member of Parliament from Jammu-Udhampur Lok Sabha Constituency, Jugal Kishore Sharma, when the tall leader paid his first visit to the city of temples after the controversial Article 370 was scrapped on the popular demand.
BJP State President Ravinder Raina along with other senior leaders and jubiliant party workers of the state welcomed Jugal Kishore Sharma at the party headquarter. Former Dy. CM Kavinder Gupta, former Minister Sat Sharma, State Vice-President Rajeev Charak, Chander Prakash Ganga, Dr. DK Manyal, Sukhnandan Choudhary, former MLA Rajesh Gupta, former MLC Vikram Randhawa and other senior leaders were also present. Party leaders and activists were seen dancing on the tunes of the traditional Dhol and distributing sweets among themselves to express their extreme happiness over the decision to remove infamous Article. Ravinder Raina, while addressing the party leaders and workers in a programme organized at the party headquarter, said that with the strong and clear political will, we have undone the injustice. He said that the controversial Article prevented lakh of people from attaining their due rights and communities like women section, Refugees, Gujjar Bakkarwals, Valmiki Samaaj and scores of others suffered for seven decades due to the act.
Jugal Kishore Sharma, while addressing the jubilant party workers, blamed Congress for all the misdeeds that have been done to the J&K in the past. He said that former Prime Minister Jawahar Lal Nehru in deep friendship with former CM Sheikh Abdullah conducted scores of such decisions that proved suicidal for the development and peace in the state. The ill willed decisions of Pt. Nehru of Sheikh resulted in the birth of separatism, terrorism and PoJK and we today also strongly resolve that we will take back, what was rightfully ours. District General Secretary Vinay Gupta conducted the proceedings in the event. |
