Excelsior Correspondent
SAMBA, July 8: A public meeting of Congress workers of border belt of Vijaypur constituency was conveyed at village Rara under the leadership of senior Congress leader Arun Sharma.
Hundreds of delegates, workers, former panchs and local residents of border belt participated in the meeting.
Former Minister Rajinder Singh Chib, Former Minister Jugal Kishore Sharma and Former Minister Gurbachan Kumari Rana also attended the meeting, in which various issues were discussed.
Former Minister Rajinder Singh Chib while addressing the gathering said that the previous Coalition Government of BJP-PDP failed to mitigate the issues of general public. “BJP in the Centre also failed in each and every front”, he said, adding that Central Government has demoralized the morale of army personnel. The death rate of common public and army have been increased during the BJP regime, he stated.
Former Minister Jugal Kishore Sharma said that the name of governance remained invisible during the tenure of previous Government. “The people of Jammu region voted to the BJP in the last election with the hopes that the BJP will solve their problems and discrimination, but their hopes were dashed by BJP MLAs”, he added.
Arun Sharma urged the people to give mandate to the Congress party so that their issues may be redressed. He said that the BJP is going to celebrate the birth anniversary of Shyama Parshad Mukherji, but for the sake of power, the BJP has forgotten the sacrifices of great leader.
Former Minister Gurbachan Kumari Rana, Advocate MK. Bhardwaj, Member AICC, Naresh Sharma, Senior Congress leader, Kulvir Pathania, Secretary PCC, Baljit Singh, Bishamber Singh, Omkar Singh, Captain Baldev Raj, Satan Singh, Joginder Singh, Gulshan Lal, Ajaypuri, Dev Raj and many others addressed the gathering.