| Shun lust for power, rise above party interests to serve national interests: Congress | | |  Early Times Report
Jammu, Jan 1 : Congress today asked the ruling BJP to learn from Congress as how to better serve the national interests ,for which the BJP has to shun its lust for power and rise above petty party interests to allow the democracy to flourish in real sense
Lambasting BJP for its use of power to bully the entire opposition and deprive them of level playing field, by all unethical means, JKPCC chief spokesperson Ravinder Sharma asked the ruling party to learn from Congress as to how Indira Gandhi offered power to the NC leader Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah in 1975 to serve the broader national interests, although Congress had a two third majority.
The Congress always sacrificed power in the larger interests of nation, whereas, the BJP which has brute majority and ruling in several states, leaves no chance to bully and break the entire opposition in the country as well as in Jammu and Kashmir, to first serve its party interests by all means .
He criticized the over ambitious BJP to gain power by all means in every sphere of Jammu and Kashmir for which it engages in all sorts of divisive and negative politics detrimental to the broader interests in Jammu and Kashmir which is facing Pakistan's proxy war for decades.
He asked the party workers to be prepared to fight a decisive battle for the rights of the people illegally snatched like downgrading of the historical state and depriving people of the rights to land and jobs.
He said statehood with adequate protections is the right of people of Jammu and Kashmir.
Senior leader and former MLA Shiv Dev Singh in his address expressed gratitude to the party workers for keeping the party flag high in the area despite the lack of chance of representation for long time.
He referred to the massive development carried out by the UPA Government and large scale infrastructure and road connectivity funded by the Congress govt in Jammu and Kashmir but BJP is indulging in false propaganda .
Several Sarpanchs, panchs besides block presidents and other prominent people also spoke. Prominent leaders include Manjit Singh Bedi, BCC presidents Romail Singh, Vijay Sharma,Babu Khan, Balbir Singh, Sarpanchs Balwan Singh,Bodh Raj, Krishan Singh, Dil Mohammad, Sanjay Sharma,Madan Mohan Dubey and others.
Earlier two minutes silencewas observed as a mark of respect to the senior Congress leader and former MP Madan Lal Sharma, who passed away few days back. |
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