Excelsior Correspondent
AKHNOOR, Nov 10 : Veteran Congress leader and former Minister & MP Madan Lal Sharma while addressing public meetings at Gurha Brahmana and Kot Ghari in Akhnoor Constituency said that Modi Government at Central level is trying to cash the major works done by the Congress Government in the past. Justifying this statement Mr. Sharma said that ‘Swachh Bharat Abiyaan’ was an initiative of UPA Government and was earlier called as total Sanitation campaign and now ‘Nirmal Bharat Abiyan’. He said that Congress had done tremendous developmental works but could not popularize in the shape of a corporate campaign which BJP is doing as Congress focus was on development and not on visibility. Mr. Sharma also maintained that the ‘Acche din, slogan of BJP is not visible and poor people are still living miserable life.
Ex-MP said that during his tenure as works Minister of the State he has ensured equal allocation of funds to Jammu & Kashmir region similarly Sham Lal Sharma PHE Minister has taken Akhnoor towards a model and best constituency of the State and before me and Sham Lal Sharma nothing was done in Akhnoor. He appealed the people to vote for Sham Lal Sharma and send him in the State Cabinet to complete the pending works. He also said that Sham Lal Sharma has not only worked at Panchayat level but brought State level institutions and infrastructure to Akhnoor. He said that we work without any discrimination of religion or caste and support all people living in Akhnoor for the overall benefit of Akhnoor people.
Kuldeep Raj Verma vice chairman OBC also addressed the gatherings and appealed them to cast their vote for Sham Lal Sharma PHE Minister for overall development of Akhnoor constituency.
Prominent among others present on the occasion includes Baldev Raj Sharma, Rattan Lal Sharma, Ram Dass, Ashok Tinnu, Sarpanch Shemsher Singh, Madan Lal Sharma, Jagdish Raj, S. Krishan Singh and others.