Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Oct 27: The celebrations of 71st Accession Day continued for the second day today.
The 70th Martyrdom day of Brigadier Rajinder Singh was organized at his birth place Bagoona, village Rajinderpura by the District Administration, Samba. Minister for Industries and Commerce, Chander Parkash, President Dogra Sadar Sabha Gulchain Singh Charak, Ex-MLC Vikramaditya Singh, DC Sheetal Nanda, SSP Anil Magotra, Station Director Doordarshan Anjali Sharma, ACD Sushil Attri , SDM Ravinder Sharma, Maj General (Retd) Goverdhan Singh Jamwal, President J&K Ex-Serviceman League and locals in large number paid tributes to the ‘Saviour of Kashmir’. On the occasion, cultural programmes were presented by the children of local schools and artists of J&K Cultural and Languages. Patriotic song by Sargam Sharma, winner of All India Devotional Song Competition and Dogri Song highlighting the bravery of Brig Rajinder Singh was also presented by ‘Slathia Brothers’. The Minister honored local youth who had excelled across various fields at the function. A plantation drive was also organized by Brig Rajinder Youth Brigade in memory of martyrs who sacrificed their lives for the country. The whole programme was anchored by Ravi Kant Sharma, Announcer Radio Kashmir Jammu.
The observance of Accession Day at large scale in J&K is a step in the right direction and the remembrance of war heroes is a moral to inculcate the spirit of nationalism amongst the countrymen. Stating this the former Union Minister, Prof Chaman Lal Gupta said that though in general there was little need for this observance as Maharaja of J&K had used his legal authority like all about 560 Rajas and Nawabs of the country but in this State the need for it seems so but for the disinformation campaign of the dubious characters and the misleading protest against landing of the Indian troops in Kashmir on October 27, 1947, in wake of completion of the accession. This would be a rebuff to the separatists as also to those who dispute the finality of the Accession, he added and questioned their sincerity in their cries even after taking the oath of the constitution and enjoying benefits thereof. It was strange that some controversial elements still raise questions about the finality of the accession, he added and said that the only question is that when Pakistan would vacate the illegally occupied areas of this State. Prof Gupta said that the protests of the separatists were confined just to certain parts of the Valley alone. The Valley is just one eighth of J&K. And even in the Kashmir valley all are not secessionists. There number is limited and most people in Kashmir too, are being forced to act like hostages and lakhs of natives have been forced out to become refugees within their country.
JKPCC has accused BJP leaders of misleading the people by their blatant lies and distortion of facts on various issues including unveiling of Maharaja Hari Singh Statue, at Tawi Bridge Jammu. Ravinder Sharma Chief Spokesperson said that statue of Maharaja Hari Singh was unveiled on April 1, 2012 on the auspicious occasion of Ram Navmi, by the then Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare Ghulam Nabi Azad and Member Rajya Sabha Dr Karan Singh along with dedicating Maharaja Hari Singh Park near Tawi Banks to the public in the presence of large number of dignitaries including then Deputy Chief Minister Tara Chand, several State Ministers and MPs besides prominent social and political leaders and legislators.
A large number of Congress activists under the leadership of senior Congress leader and Indian Nation Trade Union Congress State Secretary Sumit Magotra organized a motorcycle rally to celebrate the 71st Accession Day of J&K State with India after Independence. The rally started from Barrian Ward Number 5 and culminated at Dabbar Chowk. Ex-Sarpanch Goutam Sharma, Ex-Sarpanch Sohan Lal, Ex-Sarpanch Vikas Sharma, Ex-Sarpanch Durga, Congress Sewa Dal, District Chairman Rajesh Gupta, Surender Manhas and many others participated in the rally.
Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP) Udhampur district paid rich tributes to Brigadier Rajender Singh on his martyr day. In this connection, a program was organized in the party office under the leadership of Rakesh Gupta BJP District President. Som Raj Khajuria, Jagdish Kumar, Pavitar Singh, Sanjay, Pawan Kumar, Pawan Kumar, Bharat Bushan and many others paid rich tributes to the martyr.
Jammu Province Peoples’ Forum organised a function to celebrate Accession Day. The function was presided over by Pavittar Singh Bhardwaj, President JPPF along with Neeraj Anand President Chamber of Traders Federation, Manish Gupta, Secretary General Chamber of Commerce and Industries, BS Slathia President Bar Association Jammu, Chairman Team Jammu Zorarwar Singh, Jamwal, President Amar Kashatriya Sabha Narayan Singh, Chairman All Jammu Hotels and Lodges Association Inderjeet Khajuria, President Brahmin Sabha VP Sharma, Labha Ram President WP Refugees, RS Chib President PoJK Refugees, Kamal Singh President Jat Sabha, Rajeev Mahajan President Shri Ram Sena and President Retd Association Madan Abrol paid tributes to the martyrs. Besides Working President MS Katoch, ML Sharma, Avinash Bhatia, RS Jamwal, Sunita Sharma, Kamla Sharma, Kamal Singh, Surinder Vir, Pawan Sharma, Rajinder Gupta, PS Slathia, Pritam Sharma, Naresh Thapar, Chief Patron JKNPP Prof Bhim Singh, Chairman JKNPP Harsh Dev Singh, President JKNPP Balwant Singh Mankotia and many others were present on the occasion.
Former Minister and JKPCC General Secretary Manjit Singh today appealed to State Government to name Central University of Jammu after the name of saviour of Jammu and Kashmir Brigadier Rajinder Singh. He stated this in a function organized at the native village of Brigadier Rajinder Singh i.e. Rajinder Singh Pura in Vijaypur where the statue of the saviour of the State was garlanded by the Congress leaders, prominent citizens and locals.
To pay tributes to Brigadier Rajinder Singh, Jammu West Assembly Movement organised a function. While speaking, Sunil Kumar, President of the Movement threw light of the Brigadier Rajinder Singh, who attained martyrdom while fighting Pakistan army. Chairman Pragati Manch Brij Mehra, Dr Ram Sahra, Pawan Kumar Dogra, Ramesh, Neeraj, Dheeraj, Sunil Dogra, Pinku and Mohinder Singh also addressed the gathering.
Seema Jan Kalyan Samiti (SJKS), J&K held a function on the occasion of Accession Day of J&K State at Hiranagar, which was attended by members of the organisation and other peoples from the surrounding areas. On the occasion, students of Vidya Bharti Mandir High School, Hiranagar sang patriotic songs. The function was organised under the supervision of Dev Raj, Vice President SJKS with the cooperation of Advocate Rajneet Singh. Hardev Singh Musafir, President of the Organisation was the chief guest. On the occasion, ML Dubgotra, Member State Committee and District President Jammu of the Organisation, Vidya Sagar, State Secretary, Prem Sharma, Treasurer, Capt Subhash Singh District President Samba, Raj Kumar Zila Mantri of the organisation and other prominent person Ashwani Sharma, Sehdev Singh Jasrotia, Ashok Singh Jasrotia, Kulbhushan Singh, Satpal Sharma, Harnam Singh and Mohan Lal were also present on the occasion.
Shiv Sena (Bala Ji Sahib Thackery) State President Dimpy Kohli and General Secretary Manish Sahni while talking to media described J&K Accession Day equivalent to the Indian Independence Day and stressed that no one can separate Jammu and Kashmir from Indian Union. They appealed to the Government of India to take PoK back from Pakistan.
Law School celebrated Accession Day by organising a special lecture by Prof SK Sharma, Former Information Commissioner and presently holding Swami Vivekanand Chair, Central University of Jammu. He deliberated on various aspects linked with accession of Jammu and Kashmir with Indian Union. The lecture was followed by an interaction session wherein he also answered the queries from students on Article 370, Article 35A and Permanent Residence Certificate. Earlier Director Law School, Dr Sanjay Gupta presented the welcome address.
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