Excelsior Correspondent
KATHUA, Apr 11: Minister for PHE, Irrigation & Flood Control Sham Lal Sharma today addressed largely attended election meetings at Dyala Chack and Langate More and Kali Bari in Kathua and sought mandate for Congress candidate, Ghulam Nabi Azad.
Appealing the people to vote for Congress candidate, Sham said that Ghulam Nabi Azad has towering stature in the national politics and people can hardly find a leader in other party as his substitute. He does not need any mention as he has proved his worth as Union Minister right from the times of late Prime Minister, Indira Gandhi. His performance as Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir speaks high and people love him as their own leader. He asked the people to elect him from Kathua-Doda seat and send him in the Parliament so that he continues supporting the people of the State.
Maintaining that the Congress Party has ruled the country for more than five decades, the Minister said the party has vast experience and have people friendly policies which were fully endorsed by the common man in the country. The party has taken several revolutionary measures for the upliftment of poor and weaker sections of the society. Party has made well-knit strategy to tackle the burning issues like controlling the price rise, providing employment to the youth, shelters to the poor, food security for the poorest of the poor, land acquisition law to ensure market price of land to the farmers, strengthening the Panchayati Raj System and curbing the corruption.
Launching attack on BJP, the Minister said that the party could not survive longer due to its hatred attitude as they do the politics of dividing the people in the name of religion, caste, creed and colour. They only give hollow slogans, incite the sentiments of people, spread communal tension and disintegrate the society to grab power. The people will defeat such forces once again and elect the candidates of Congress for the welfare and prosperity of the nation”, he added.
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