Shadow Correspondent
JAMMU, SEPT, 25:
Describing Congress Party as a vibrant force in all the three regions of the State, former Minister and senior Congress leader Raman Bhalla today said that Congress Party fully represents urges and aspirations of the people and is committed to the cause of service them to the best of its ability. While interacting with people on the occasion of filing of nomination papers for MC elections by Congress candidates from Gandhi Nagar constituency, Bhalla urged the cadres to gear up for the challenges. Congress candidates who filed nominations today include Pritam Singh- Kunjwani, Aman Bawa- Trikuta Nagar,Chanchal Popley- Trikuta Nagar,Dwarka Choudhary- Sanjay Nagar,Ramandeep Kour- Digiania, Sunita Sharma- Channi Colony,Kamal Singh- Channi,Neetu Mahajan- Nanak Nagar, Bannu Mahajan- Gandhi Nagar,Raj Kumar- Gandhi Nagar ,Paramjeet Singh- Nanak Nagar.Bhalla vowed to fight against anti people PDP-BJP, which crossed all limits to gain mileage, but Congress Cadres are capable enough to face the challenges. Bhalla told the cadre that they should feel strong and continue to work with great vigour for the development and wellbeing of the people, for the fact, Congress Party is an instrument of service to the people with a history of 130 years in service of the people. He said Congress is the only unifying force in the Country and will continue to remain as a bridge between communities of every religion or region and is committed to the cause of uniting people in the country as well as in the State.
Bhalla told the workers to remain vigilant and defeat the divisive politics being played by PDP BJP for the sake power, he felt confident that Congress is capable enough to defeat the divisive politics and disruptionist forces both at Centre and in the State.He said Congress is emerging as a strong alternative in all three regions of the state “especially when the previous coalition utterly failed and stands exposed on all fronts.Bhalla took a dig at PDP-BJP coalition government saying that “both remained fully committed to power but failed to feel the pulse of people who were totally fed up with their opportunistic politics.
They (PDP-BJP) try to throw dust into the eyes of their respective electorate by diversionary tactics but people of this state are politically awakened and mature enough to see through their real game plan, which was to remain glued to power despite contradictions and bickering on all sensitive issues arising in the state,” he said.Bhalla said the previous government created “mistrust and uncertainty” all around and its continuance itself is full of uncertainty. Every other day, they reiterated the stability of their coalition despite opposed to each other on all issues,” he said.
They cannot divert attention of people from their total failure.
Bhalla said that adequate representation has been given to the weaker sections, women and youth as per direction of AICC President Shri Rahul Gandhi at all levels in the organizational setup. He said a strong organization at all levels would counter the falsehood of the state and centre government and carry forward the policies and programmes of the party. Congress never took such a shortcut. We follow the law of the land, the constitution and will not endorse anything which is wrong. A wrong is a wrong,” he said.Bhalla said the Congress is ready for elections as we believe in democratic exercise and are not the one who tries to escape from it.He further divulged that the people of Jammu region had invested great hopes from BJP which came to power first time in history of the State but astonishingly the party surrendered to PDP despite having huge mandate. He said under BJP-PDP regime people of Jammu region discriminated in equitable distribution of Central funds, selections made by the J&K Public Service Commission and Service Selection Board and appointment of SPOs.The people have to struggle hard to get their basic amenities because the PDP-BJP dispensation was not paying due attention towards essential services such as road connectivity, providing ration to the people, health care, and water and electricity supplies,” he added.
