Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Nov 4: In a simple function held at Chamba, State BJP president and MLA Jammu west, Sat Sharma, along with Vice-Chairperson Munish Sharma, MLC Vikram Randhawa and other party leaders from the State as well as Himachal Pradesh today paid floral tributes to the martyr Gowhar Hussain Bhat, son of soil who was district president of Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha in Dalhousie Mandal of Banikhet in Chamba district of Himachal Pradesh.
Sat Sharma, while speaking on the occasion, said that although martyr Gowhar Hussain Bhat was not a soldier in uniform but he was still a soldier in his heart, who fought the ill will of separatists, militants and all other anti-social and anti-national forces for the welfare of the common masses of Kashmir region.
Sat said that, BJP stands with its cadre in all odds and evens and although the void appeared due to the untimely and sad demise of the noble soul cannot be fulfilled by any worldly thing, but still the party stands with the bereaved family every hour, every second, and the party has decided to provide the family of Gowhar Hussain Bhat with the monetary aid of Rupees 5 lakh.
Munish Sharma reconfirmed the stand of BJP that it will fight for the justice to departed great soul and his family and will also press upon the Government to provide every possible assistance to the bereaved family and also provide adequate security cover to the nationalists.
Vikram Randhawa said that this cowardly act is a deliberate attempt to suppress the peace initiative of Government by the militants and their supporters, but the BJP activists will not be under dogged and many more will take his place to fight for the society, he asserted.
Meanwhile, BJP State general secretary (Org) Ashok Kaul along with Minister Sham Choudhary and other senior leaders from Kashmir, visited the home of Gowhar Hussain Bhat in Kashmir to meet the bereaved family and assured them all help form the BJP.