Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Dec 26: Focussing on the importance of Co-operative movement in the society, BJP State Cooperative Cell, led by its State Convener H S Pammi, held an impressive function, on the theme of “Good Governance”.
BJP State president and MLA Sat Sharma along with State general secretary (Org) Ashok Kaul, Minister of Cooperative Chering Dorjay and All Cells Incharge Varinderjit Singh were in presidium of the programme, which was organized in connection with the birthday of former Prime Minister, Bharat Ratna Atal Bihari Vajpayee,
Sat Sharma, while addressing the gathering, stressed that the concept of Co-operative movement was given a major boost by Atal Bihari Vajpayee during his tenure as PM. He said that the sense of Co-operative movement coincides the core ideology BJP in his “Mool Mantra” i.e. “Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikaas” where the working on the principle of “Antodaya” is emphasized while aiming all the beneficial schemes of Government to the last neglected person standing in the row of cornered section of society. He said that BJP is the only true nationalistic party, which carries the message of true democracy.
Ashok Kaul drew a comparison by narrating the stories of Swami Vivekananda and Atal Bihari Vajpayee. He asked the activists to follow the footsteps of these great men, the true sons of nation. He also recalled Vajpayee’s role in “Praja Parishad” movement, the struggle of 1953, abolishing Permit System and all the historic occurrences leading to true unification of the border State of Jammu & Kashmir with India.
Chering Dorjay, enlightening the gathering about the Cooperative movement and its history in the State and the Centre, threw light on the working pattern of Cooperative Movement within the society. He said that the movement has suffered a great jolt in the state due to non-transparent policies of previous Governments in this regard due to vested interests. He said that the cooperative movement can further the cause of self employment generation in the State.
H S Pammi and S Varinder Jit Singh also spoke on the occasion while proceedings of Stage were carried by senior leader Suresh Sharma.
Cell District convener Gagan Bhatia, Naresh Sharma, Narayan Dutt, Dharminder Kumar, Kapil Mahajan, Bishan Choudhary, Rajiv Gupta, Rajinder Singh Langeh and others were present in the programme.