Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Apr 15: Former Minister Manjeet Singh said that Congress demands strict punishment for the rapists of Kathua case and also demands to run the case in fast track court.
He stated this while addressing a meeting at village Gagore.
Referring to the statement of a NC leader about Congress, Singh said National Conference should look into itself first and then give statements about Congress which always promote brotherhood, national integration and above all believes in nation first, not only through words but from actions also by sacrificing their leaders.
Singh further said that Congress will not compromise on secularism at any cost as it is not power hungry political party but party for the development of India. NC is a party which can do anything for power, its elected members of Legislative Assembly raised slogans in favour of Pakistan and no action had taken till date, he stated.
He added that NC talks about brotherhood and secularism but what happened to its values when Omar Abdullah joined BJP as a minister in Union Government. He questioned the NC leaders right from top who did not condemned the incident of Kathua and when seeing whole India is on boil they changed their colour and expelled its member from party. They should have taken action against such member earlier itself, he said.
He stressed that Congress party has absolutely rejected the policies of BJP and in no condition it can compromise on its values in future.
He said Kathua incident has cleared the minds of various parties like BJP, NC and other fringe groups, that people of Jammu are peace loving and against all those who are favouring rapists.
Singh appealed to the people that it is time to teach these power seekers by rejecting their policies and come out openly against them. He asked all to convey this message to other peoples also and make it a mass movement against these parties.