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130th Congress Foundation Day Celebrated at Congress HQ in Jammu


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130th Congress Foundation Day Celebrated at Congress HQ in Jammu

JAMMU, Dec28:An impressive function was held at PCC HQ. Shaheedi Chowk Jammu to celebrate the 130th Foundation Day of the Congress party, which is being celebrated all over the country and in the state by the Congress workers.The function was presided over by former Minister & Senior Vice President JKPCC Shri Sham Lal Sharma which was attended by former PCC President & former Minister Peerzada Mohammad Sayeed; Aijaz Ahmed Khan-Deputy CLP leader; Vice Presidents PCC Mula Ram, Raman Bhalla & Kanta Bhan; former minister Sdr. Gurmukh Singh; Chief Spokesperson PCC Ravinder Sharma; Co-Treasurer PCC Rajnish Sharma; General Secretaries PCC Abdul Majid Wani, Th. Balwan Singh, Dr. Manohar Lal Sharma, Sdr. Manjit Singh, Vikram Malhotra, Th. Manmohan Singh, Smt. Namrata Sharma & Faqir Nath; EX-MLAs Smt. Indu Pawar-President MCC; Shiv Dev Singh, Girdhari Lal Chalotra & Ch. Bashir Ahmed Naaz; Kuldeep Raj Verma, Anil Chopra-President DCC Jammu (U) besides senior functionaries of DCC, Blocks and frontal organizations like Mahila Congress, Youth Congress, Seva Dal, INTUC & NSUI.

Addressing the function Senior leaders of the party threw light on the history of Congress party and its contribution and sacrifices for the freedom of the Country and achievements towards nation building in the post-independent period. It was on this day in 1885, the Congress was founded and during its 130 years of the service to the nation, the Congress party remained committed to the principle of secularism and socialism and for strengthening the unity and integrity of the nation. It was the Congress party under whose banner the entire countrymen irrespective of  caste, creed, colour or religion unitedly fought against the mighty British rulers for the freedom of the country and countless number of countrymen including several senior leaders of the party underwent great sufferings and gave supreme sacrifices to achieve freedom for the nation.

There were great challenges before the nation at the time India attained freedom and it is the result of the able leadership provided by the Congress party that India today has  emerged as a great power and is a leader in various fields in the World. India is recognized in the World as a messenger of peace, and a vibrant democracy which is known for its unity in diversity. It is because of the principles, policies and the programmes framed by the Congress party and incorporated in the Constitution of Independent India which withstood the test of the time and the Country has marched on the path of peace, progress and prosperity.

Speaking on the occasion the Shri Sham Lal Sharma referred to the historical role of the Congress party, said that it is the sole party which is a unifying force and can ensure equitable development and balanced treatment to all three regions of the state and meet the challenge posed by the communal and divisive forces. The Congress party will emerge stronger in the country and the state and urged the party workers to carry out the programmes and achievement Congress party to the masses more vigorously in the wake of coming elections to the Urban Local Bodies .

The speakers cautioned the people about the challenges posed to the basic idea of India and secularism promoted by the Congress party and asked the Congress workers to defeat the designs of communal and divisive forces in the country. They said that Congress party is a movement and it has to fight against the forces who spread hatred in the society and pose challenge to the unit and integrity of the country and the state.

Prominent other leaders who also attended the function included S/Shri Shiv Kumar Sharma-President INTUC; Balwinder Singh Sambyal-(Seva Dal), Pranav Shagotra-President PYC, Hira Lal Pandita-Chairman Migrant Cell; Hari Singh Chib, Subash Bhagat, Y.B.Sharma, Nek Ram Manhas, S.S.Shingari; Secretaries PCC Shashi Sharma, Thomas Khokhar, Neeraj Gupta, Manjit Singh Jatt, Pawan Singh & Anuradha Andotra; Sanjeev Sharma; Mohammad Sultan Mandoo, Haji Mohammad Sadiq, Uttam Singh, B.B.Gupta, Madan Lal Malagar, Dr. Ramakant Khajuria, J.L.Kaul, Gourav Chopra, Ghulam Qadir Bhatt-Convenor Migrant Cell; Shahdi Lal Pandita, Chuni Lal Raina; M.N.Pandita, Bansi Lal Raina, Smt. Padmani Langeh, Chanchal Popli, M.M.Sharma, Vijay Sharma, Vijay Malhotra, Smt. Kamlesh Basih, Om Prakash Sharma, Rajinder Singh Jamwal, S.Parneet Singh, Joginder Singh Chib, Sandeep Dogra (Sonu), Ricky Dalotra, Daljit Singh Jamwal, Rajesh Sharma, Krishan Lal, Charanjit Singh Chib, Bodh Raj Sharma, Kushaliya Devi, Dewan Chand, Parveen Basotra, Kartar Singh, Ram Prakash Magotra, Susheel Sharma, Jameet Singh, Rajiv Sharma, Balbir Khatyal, Raman Sharma, Anand Kishore Gandotra and Naresh Maini.

 


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