* JKPCC flays admn for denying permission of function
Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Aug 9: Congress today celebrated the 78th anniversary of historic ” August Kranti Divas” today, with paying of floral tributes to Mahatma Gandhi by the party leaders from their residences, as the administration did not grant permission to the party to mark the day at party office.
All senior Congress leaders decided to celebrate the historic `Quit India Day’ by offering floral tributes to the father of Nation Mahatma Gandhi, who had announced the INC to launch the August Kranti today in 1942, from their respective homes, after the JKPCC failed to receive any response to its request to the Administration to allow it to hold symbolic functions at party headquarters Jammu and Srinagar today.
Chief Spokesperson of Jammu and Kashmir unit of the party, Ravinder Sharma disclosed here today that the administration did not respond to our request sent to the district magistrates on Friday. “We did not receive the requisite permission to our request for a limited presence to mark the day in a symbolic manner in party offices, in view of lockdown, so all leaders decided to celebrate the day at their respective residences and the spirit of freedom struggle was remembered” he said.
He said around 50,000 Indians gave their sacrifice in this movement when the British Government tried to crush the same with the assistance of several Indian organizations, who did not support the Congress at that time. Unfortunately, today they are claiming to be champion of the cause of nation and dubbing Congress and Cong people as anti-national.
Prominent those who paid floral tributes included former DyCM Tara Chand, former minister and vice presidents JKPCC Raman Bhalla, Mula Ram, GM Saroori, Kanta Bhan, general secretary PCC Incharge District Congress DCC Jammu Yogesh Sawhney, Manmohan Singh, Shah Mohd Choudhary, Faqir Chand Bhagat, Shah Nawaj Choudhary, DCC presidents, Hari Singh Chib, Dr Manohar Lal, Shabir Ahmed Khan, Krishan Chand Bhagat, Abdul Gani, Sheikh Mujeeb, Farooq Katoch, Indu Pawar Ex-MLA, president Mahila Congress, Ch Gharu Ram, Vinod Sharma, VK Maggoo, KK Pangotra, Narinder Sharma, Neeraj Gupta, Ch Dwarka, SS Shingari and others.
Meanwhile, PCC chief spokesman Ravinder Sharma along with State secretary Narinder Sharma senior party leader Varun Magotra offered floral tributes to Father of the Nation, Mahatma Gandhi at his Gandhinagar residence to mark the occasion, in wake of denial of permission by the Administration.
Former minister, general secretary JKPCC and in-charge DCC Jammu Urban, Yogesh Sawhney in a statement said, “The August Kranti Diwas is a historic and memorable day. The great Mahatma Gandhi had launched the Quit India Movement in 1942, marking the beginning of the end of the British rule, to celebrate which the Congress Party had sought permission from the district administration. But unfortunately the permission to commemorate the lost lives and to celebrate the day wasn’t granted. However, we remember the struggle and the sacrifices that our freedom fighters made, in our hearts and we salute them for their courage and selflessness, which eventually earned us our freedom.”
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