| Congress celebrated birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, Shastri launched “Vote Chor, Gaddi Chhod” signature campaign | | |
early times report
Jammu, Oct 2: A function was held at PCC HQ Shaheedi Chowk Jammu to celebrate the birth anniversary of Father of Nation Mahatma Gandhi and former Prime Minister Lal Bhadur Shastri. The function was organized by District Congress Committee Jammu Urban under the leadership of Th. Manmohan Singh and attended by Senior leaders of PCC, Youth Congress, Seva Dal, Mahila Congress, District Congress Committee and Block Congress Committees.
Sh. Raman Bhalla (Former Minister) Working President PCC presided over the function while Senior leaders Th. Balwan Singh (Ex-MLA), Yogesh Sawhney ( Ex-Minister) Ved Mahajan (Ex-MLC), Rajnish Sharma ( Treasurer), T.S.Tony (DDC), Amrit Bali, Satish Sharma, Dwarka Choudhary, Vijay Sharma (Seva Dal), Sanjeev Panda, Neeraj Gupta, Vijay Shastri, Rajesh Sharma, Thomas Khokhar, Sat Pal Sapolia, Latish Sharma, Rakesh Sharma, Vijant Pathania, Sohit Sharma, Anuradha Sharma Diwan Chand, Paras Ram Baloria, Gagan Deep Singh Lucky, Varun Magotra, Sub. Tarseem Lal, Ch. Maqbool, Pawan Kumar, Janak Raj, Arun Sharma, Gurmeet Singh, Rajinder Singh, Munish Kumar Balwainder Singh Rinku, Parveen Basotra, Vipan Sharma, Jasvir Sigh, Aman Bawa and others attended.
The Speakers remembered Mahatma Gandhi and described him as one of the tallest leader of the world who dethroned the mightiest rulers through his philosophy and weapon of Sataya Grah (Non-Violence).
The entire world acknowledged Mahatma Gandhi as a leader of a great vision and learned lesson from his philosophy which shall remain relevant for all times to come. They said that his philosophy and principles are becoming more and more relevant even today and India can remain united and stronger by following his philosophy and teachings they said there is no alternative to the basic principles of “unity in diversity” because of the pluralistic composition of our country. Those forces which are opposed to this fundamental philosophy are sowing the seeds of disunity and division of India and all right thinking people must unite and rise to the occasion to defeat the designs of communal and divisive forces.
The speakers also remembered Former Prime Minister Lal Bhadur Shastri and recalled his contribution to the nation and his commitment to Honesty, Integrity and simplicity, who realized the strength of this nation in the Gandhian philosophy and gave the slogan of “Jai Jawan Jai Kisan”.
Addressing the gathering Sh. Raman Bhalla said that the philosophy of Mahatma Gandhi is relevant for all times to come and even more relevant today when an atmosphere of conflicts and violence prevails in different parts of the world.
He said that Mahatma Gandhi led the nation to freedom through non-violence against the mighty British rulers. He said that India is known allover world by the philosophy of Non-Violence and tolerance, since India as a pluralistic society has proved itself to be the most successful democracy in the world.
He also remembered the contributions of Lal Bhadur Shastri and paid rich tributes to him for his outstanding role in the freedom struggle and later in different capacities especially as Prime Minister. He said that Shastri Ji was symbol of honesty, integrity, and dedications towards the nation.
On this occasion JKPCC also launched “Vote Chor, Gaddi Chhod” Signature Campaign. Disclosing further PCC Working President Raman Bhalla said that the large-scale Vote Chori and manipulation of electoral rolls have deeply shaken people’s faith in the very foundation of our Republic. This is not an isolated crime, but part of a larger assault on our Constitution, a weakening of our economy, the perpetuation of systemic social injustice, and a grave threat to India’s integrity. In response, our Party launched a three-phase nationwide agitation.
The third phase, being carried out from 15th September to 15th October 2025, through a coordinated, door-to-door and public outreach effort, we are committed to collecting maximum signatures against this brazen theft of votes. District, block, and mandal-level functionaries are leading the campaign in their respective areas. |
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