Shadow Correspondent
Jammu, Nov 14
In connection with 129th Birth Anniversary of First Prime Minister Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru, Congress organized several functions across the state, to celebrate the day.
The main function was held at Congress HQ Jammu which was presided over by Former Minister and Vice President Mula Ram and attended by Former Minister & Vice President Raman Bhalla, Balwan Singh, Ravinder Sharma, Rajnish Sharma, Manmohan Singh, Faqir Nath, Vikram Mlhotra ( President DCC Jammu Urban), Th. Hari Singh ( President DCC Jammu Rural), Th. Shivdev Singh-Ex-MLA, Prof Gharu Ram Bhagat- Ex-MLA, K.L. Gupta, Y.B. Sharma, S. Gurdarshan Singh, NSUI President Raqeeq Khan besides Corporators, office bearers of DCC, Block Presidents and leaders of frontal organizations.
Remembering the great contribution of Pt. Nehru floral tributes were paid to the former prime minister by the speakers on the occasion. They recalled his role in the freedom struggle and in the post independence period to lay the foundations of the Modern India. He is known as architect of Modern India because of his visionary role for the future of the nation, which has emerged as a successful democracy in the world and playing a lead role in the world today.
Shri Mula Ram in his address described Pt. Nehru as a great Statesman and visionary leader who laid sound foundation of Modern India. He is Known as architect of Modern India because of his multi- dimensional contributions in shaping the future of Independent India.
Pt. Nehru was a vailiant freedom fighter, a hero of masses, a passionate Indian who was enraged by the injustices inflicted upon the oppressed people of India under British Raj . He gave up material comfort of life and dedicated his life to the struggle to free India from colonial rule . He was ardent follower of Mahatma Gandhi and remained in jail for over nine years during freedom struggle. Nehru had an abiding commitment to democracy, equality, justice and above all secularism.
Shri Raman Bhalla paid rich tribute to Pt. Nehru and remembered his great contributions in the freedom struggle and as First Prime Minister. He criticized the communal forces who are trying to distort history to misguide the younger generations about the role of Pt. Nehru and other great leaders of freedom struggle under leadership of congress party and Mahatma Gandhi.
Th. Balwan Singh General secretary PCC described Pt. Nehru as a true democrat and nationalist with global outlook. He was a builder of institutions of excellence like IITs that truly empowered the younger generations of India to become the globally competitive and recognized. He described him a charismatic leader, whose contributions can never be forgotten. He lashed at the Communal and fundamentalist forces, who are trying to destroy the social and secular fabric of this nation.
Chief Spokesperson Mr. Ravinder Sharma while paying floral tribute described Pt. Nehru as the tallest leader of his time, whose contribution in the freedom struggle and as first prime minister can never be forgotten. He said that contribution of Pt. Nehru to bring the state of J&K to the fold of Indian nation can’t be forgotten and there is need to expose the distortions being made by certain forces for vested political interests. He also lamented those who try to belittle the contributions of Pt. Nehru as leader of freedom struggle and as leader of the nation, who not only shaped the future of India but played the very vital rule in the world politics and was instrumental in the creation of third order in the world in the shape of NAM which emerged as a powerful block in the global politics.
Th. Manmohan Singh described Pt. Nehru as a great leader who laid strong foundations of Modern India based on secularism and equlity , which are basis of strength of our country. It is time to remind the people about his contributions and vision for the future of India.
Other prominent who attended the function were S/Shri Dr. Ramakant Khajuria, M.L. Malagar, Ch. sukhdev Singh, P.S. Chohan, Gourav Chopra, Chanchal poopli, Jyoti Vaid, S. B.S. Mastana, Satish Sharma, Vijay Singh Chib, Ashwani Handa, S. H.S. Mehta, Shamboo Parshad, Gaurav kapoor, Som Dutt Sharma, Pawan Dev Singh, Mian Nazir Ahmed, Ch. Maqbool, Ram Parkesh Mangotra, Kartar Singh, Ms. Sunita Sawhney, Ritu Choudhary, Ch.-Mohi-Ud-Din, Kewal Jogi , Sushant Gupta, Anita Mahajan, Menakshi Arora, Rani Devi, Deepak Kumar, Pardeep Bhalla, Suresh Sharma, Ajay Jamwal, Diwan Chand, Ganesh Dass, Rajesh Sharma, Ajay Sawhney and others
