Shadow Correspondent
Jammu, Oct, 31
Rich tributes were paid to the former Prime Minister Smt. Indira Gandhi on her death anniversary today, by the Congress party in all Dist. Headquarters of the state. The Main function was held at PCC HQ Shaheedi chowk, Jammu, organized by District Congress Committee Jammu.
JKPCC Vice Presidents and former Ministers Shri Mula Ram, Raman Bhalla along with senior functionaries of PCC, DCC and other senior leaders of the party including frontal organizations offered floral tributes to her on the occasion.
Rich tributes were also paid to Sardar Patel, one of the greatest stalwarts of the country, on his birth anniversary today. His services in the freedom struggle and in the strengthening and consolidation of the country after independence were recalled.
Shri Mula Ram while paying rich tributes to madam Gandhi recalled her supreme sacrifice for the unity and integrity of the country and said that she enhanced the image of India in the community of nations by her farsighted stewardship and India emerged as a strong nation under her leadership. He also laid stress on strengthening the principle for which Congress party and Smt. Indira Gandhi always stood for and laid down her life and to fight against the forces of communalism and fundamentalism who pose threat to the unity and integrity of the country.
He said that Smt. Indira Gandhi had a special affection towards Jammu and Kashmir like her father Pt. Jawahar Lal Nehru and it was the reason that people of this State had special respect in her leadership and that of the Gandhi-Nehru family and their leadership and principles. It is the respect and trust in the leadership which binds the people of this great and vast country having many diversities. She was truly the leader of the all sections of plural Indian society and stood by her principles and laid down her life for the same.
Other prominent leaders who paid floral tributes include President INTUC Shiv Kumar Sharma, PYC President Udey Bhanu Chib, NSUI State president Raqeeq Khan, President OBC Cell Suresh Dogra, PCC Secretaries Pawan Raina, Neeraj Gupta, Narinder Sharma, Thomas Khokher, Manjeet Singh Jatt, , Sanjeev Sharma, Parveen Sarwar Khan, Krishan Lal Gupta, Sdr. Sobha Singh, DCC functonaries B.B. Gupta, Dr. R.K. Khajuria, Madan Lal Malagar, P.S. Chauhan, Mian Nazir Ahmed, Ashwani Handa, Naresh Maini, Gourav Chopra, Chanchal Popli, Jyoti Vaid, R.P. Mangotra, Pt. Bodh Raj, Ch. Maqbool, R.K. Meenia, Yash Sangral, Som Dutt, Ritu Choudhary, Rashpal Bhardwaj, Diwan Chand, Kulbushan Sharma, Vijay Sharma, Joginder Singh, Pawan Sharma, J.L. koul, Manmohan Sharma, Vaibhav Matoo, Rajesh Pal Sharma, Rajesh Sharma, Advo. V.K. Sharma, Parvinder Kour, Sushant Gupta, Sanjeev Sharma, Pawan Dev Singh, Santosh Sharma, Showakat Ali, Aman Bawa, Markes Gill and others.
