Shadow Correspondent
Jammu, May 27
Rich tributes were paid to Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru on his 55th Death Anniversary by the Congress party throughout the State. The main function in Jammu was held at PCC headquarter here today, which was presided over by President PCC Shri Ghulam Ahmed Mir and attended by senior functionaries of PCC, DCC, leaders of Frontal Organizations.
Prominent among those who attended were S/Shri Ex-MP Madan LAl Sharma, Ex-Dy. CM Tara Chib, Vice Presidents Mula Ram, Raman Bhalla, Smt. Kanta Bhan, R.S.Chib, Jugal Sharma, Balwan Singh, Ravinder Sharma, Rajnesh Sharma, Manmohan Singh, Shahnawaz Choudhary, Ex-MLA Indu Pawar, Shiv Dev Singh, Ashok Sharma, Ashok Dogra, G. L. Chalotra; DCC Presidents Dr. Manohar Lal, Shabir Ahmed Khan, Sdr. Manjeet Singh, Krishan Chander Bhagat, Vikram Malhotra, Hari Singh Chib, Ch. Abdul Gani (Poonch), Pritam Singh (Reasi), Raju Sadotra (Seva Dal), Ch. Zaffarullah, M K Bhardwaj, Narinder Sharma, Pandit Pawan Raina, Neeraj Gupta, Shashi Sharma, Nadeem Niaz.
While paying tributes PCC President Shri G A Mir described Pt. Nehru as a great visionary leader who laid sound policies for the future of great nation. The policies which were framed by Pt. Nehru’s stewardship are the guiding principles for this country on all important fields. He said Nahru laid the sound foundation of Modern India as a first Prime Minister. He was one of the tallest leaders of the World under whose stewardship India progressed on all fronts and play a very important role in the affairs of the World. He said that Pt. Nehru firmly believed and followed the ideals of secularism and socialism in view of the pluralistic character of this nation. His philosophy is becoming more and more relevant with each passing day and it is need of the hour to follow and propagate his philosophy and ideals to the younger generation.
Referring to the current situation in the state and elsewhere in the country especially in the wake of the out-come of general elections, Shri Mir said that there is need to further strengthen the ideology of Pt. Nehru and congress party to counter the communal and divisive forces in the country. He said that the recent elections have thrown a new challenge in the situation and has to be fought an ideological strength to reverse the trend. He said that the party shall take feedback and detailed review of the political situation coming days and chalk out effective strategy to counter the false propaganda and strengthen the party.
Later, he held brief discussions with senior leaders of the party about the recent elections in Jammu region and obtained political situation in the state.
Others who were present on the occasion S/Shri Ch. Sukh Dev Singh, Hira Lal Abrol, Rajinder Singh Pinky, H. S. Metha, Mohd. Iqbal Dar, Satish Sharma, Sanjeev Pandha, B. B. Gupta, S. Gurdarshan Singh, Dr. Ramakant Khajuria, P.S. Chouhan, Madan Lal Malagar, Ram Parkash MAgotra, Ch. Maqbool, Babloo, Parshotam Mehra, Som Dutt and others.
