Divisive forces spreading hatred in country: Desai

Excelsior Correspondent

JAMMU, July 10:  All India Congress Seva Dal chief,  Lal Ji Desai has said that Congress Party would not be cowed down by the communal and divisive forces who have posed a great threat to secular fabric of the country and would defeat their nefarious designs.
Addressing a gathering of State Congress Seva Dal leaders and activists, the newly appointed All India chief of Congress Seva Dal  said that Congress Seva Dal is the backbone of the Congress party and it has a disciplined and dedicated cadre all over the country to prorogate the Congress philosophy and ideology and combat communal and divisive forces in the country, who are spreading hatred. He said the state of J&K needs a strong organization like Seva Dal, to defeat the nefarious designs of communal and divisive forces.

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MP Jain In-charge Seva Dal Congress J&K,  Dr Amarjeet Singh Central Observer, PCC vice president Raman Bhalla, chief spokesperson  Ravinder Sharma,  State Seva Dal chief BS Sambyal, senior leader Vinod Sharma, PCC secretary Pawan Raina  and Surjeet Singh Bakshi were prominent who attended.
Mr  Desai dwelt at length about the history and struggle of Congress Seva Dal in the freedom movement and said that it was Seva Dal which hosted the Tri-clour  at Nagpur for the first time in 1923, which came to be known as “Flag Satyagrah”. Led by NS Hardikar, the volunteers were jailed and Congress National leadership joined the Satyagrah and Seva Dal was recognized as an organization to combat British Raj. He said that Congress Seva Dal then fought against British Raj but now it would fight against the communal and divisive forces led by BJP and its sister organizations in the country.
Earlier State unit chief, Mr Sambyal gave a resume of the activities of the organization in the State during a past few years and its future steps to strengthen the organization. All India Congress Seva Dal in-charge J&K and Observer All India Congress Seva Dal for J&K  Amarjit Singh also spoke on the occasion.
Raman Bhalla and Ravinder Sharma referred to the vital role of Seva Dal in the Congress  and felt the need to further expand its activities to educate and awaken the people about the policies and programe of the party. They said that collapse of opportunist alliance of PDP-BJP has left a vacuum in the state, which has to be filled by the congress party to serve the people.