Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Sept 22: Tawi Andolan has demanded the Government to confer the honour of Bharat Rattan to late Pandit Prem Nath Dogra.
Chander Mohan Sharma, president of Tawi Andolan, while addressing the activists, said with abrogation of Articles 370 and 35 A of the Constitution of India, the long pending demand of the people of J&K has been fulfilled and people are happy now and remembering the historical role of late Pandit Prem Nath Dogra, who was first to raise the voice against Article 370, separate State flag, Constitution and nomenclature of Prime Minister being used for executive head of the State.
“It was the clarion calls of late Prem Nath Dogra that masses from all over the State and other parts of the country joined the agitation under the banner of Praja Parishad. This historic agitation was led by late Prem Nath Dogra,” Sharma said.
He said more than 13 members of Praja Parishad were shot dead by the police on the stance of the then Prime Minister of J&K Sheikh Abdullah and later on, Dr Shyama Prasad Mookerji also joined the movement but he died under mysterious circumstances in an ordinary hospital in Srinagar.
“After sometime, Pandit Prem Nath Dogra was made as National president of All India Jan Sangh. He had the distinction of being a leader equally acceptable in Jammu province as well as Kashmir province. His benevolence made him president of Brahmin Sabha and Harijan Sevak Sangh simultaneously,” Sharma added.
Tawi Andolan president said that at this point of time when people of the State and the country are rejoicing the abrogation of Article 370 by Prime Minister and Home Minister of this country, it is our moral duty to give appropriate and befitting honour to all those who fought for and sacrificed for this cause by conferring the honour of Bharat Rattn to late Pandit Prem Nath Dogra.
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