Cong pays rich tribute to Pt Nehru
Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, May 27: The 60th death anniversary of first Prime Minister of India, Pt Jawahar Lal Nehru was observed in a function at Congress headquarters Shaheedi Chowk, Jammu today.
The function was presided over by PCC president and former Minister Vikar Rasool Wani and attended by PCC working president Raman Bhalla, senior leaders of PCC, DCC Urban, Mahila Wing and INTUC.
Paying floral tribute, Wani recalled the great contributions of Pt Jawahar Lal Nehru in the freedom struggle and in laying the foundations of free India as a strong democratic, secular and progressive nation, for which he is rightly known as the architect of modern India.
Wani denounced attempts by the ruling party and it’s sister concerns to distort the historical facts about the role played by the great stalwart in the freedom struggle and in the building of modern India especially his historical contributions, in bringing Jammu and Kashmir, into the Indian fold at the crucial times.
He lauded the visionary role played by Pt Nehru in defeating the designs of two nation theory by Jinnah over Kashmir. It was his far- sightedness and his great efforts which ultimately succeeded in lending the popular support in Jammu and Kashmir towards its accession with India by Maharaja Hari Singh on Oct 26, 1947.
Raman Bhalla described Pt Nehru as the tallest leader of modern times after Mahatma Gandhi. He said that contribution of Pt Nehru to bring the state of J&K to the fold of Indian nation can’t be forgotten and there is need to expose the distortions being made by certain forces for vested political interests. He lamented those who try to belittle the contributions of Pt. Nehru as leader of freedom struggle and as leader of the nation, who not only shaped the future of India but played the vital role in the world politics.
Mula Ram, senior vice president said that the building of a democratic, social and political system was Pt Nehru’s principle objective. For him political democracy was a means of solving social problems. He laid the foundation of Panchayati Raj and community development programmes because he believed that first objective of the state was social welfare and empowerment of the people.
Prominent leaders present on the occasion included- Thakur Balwan Singh, Vinod Sharma, Ved Mahajan, Tirlok Singh Bajwa, Gurbachan Kumari Rana, Narinder Gupta, Pawan Raina, Satish Sharma, Amrit Bali, Narinder Sharma, Suresh Dogra, Balbir Singh, Manmohan Singh, Parvez Ahmed Wani, Sheikh Mujeeb, Badri Nath Sharma, Charanjeet Singh, Shiv Kumar Sharma (INTUC), Vijay Sharma, (Seva Dal), Ajay Lakhotra (NSUI), Jatin Raina and others.
In Srinagar also, a similar function was held under the leadership of JKPCC senior vice president and ex-MLC, Ghulam Nabi Monga, The party leaders paid floral tribute to Pt J L Nehru on his death anniversary and highlighted his contributions for the Congress Party and the country. Party senior vice president Mohd Anwar Bhat also spoke on the occasion.
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