Thursday 22 October 2015

'Sadbhavana Award' to Ghulam Nabi Azad



Congress leaders congratulates Azad

Jammu, October 22: - The Congress leaders from Jammu and Kashmir today congratulated Leader of Opposition in the Rajya Sabha Ghulam Nabi Azad, upon being awarded Sadhbhavana Award which was given by the Rajiv Gandhi Sadbhavana Yatra Commemoration Committee on the occasion of silver jubilee year of Rajiv Gandhi Sadbhavana Yatra at Pole at historic Charminar.


In a joint statement issued by Congress leaders including G. M Saroori, Ajaz Ahmed Khan, Haji Abdul Rashid Dar, Mohammad Amin Bhat, Chowdhary Mohd Akram, Mumtaz Ahmed Khan, Gulzar Ahmed Wani, Jahangir Hussain Mir, Naresh Kumar Gupta, Sham Lal Bhagat, Ashok Kumar, Mohammed Sharief Niaz, Abdul Majeed Wani, Vikar Rasool, Salman Nizami, Sheikh Mujeeb, Arun Singh Raju and other Congress leaders have congratulated Azad for the award.


“We are highly pleased to know that Ghulam Nabi Azad has achieved a Sadhbhavna award in recognition of his services to the nation and his three-and-half decade association Hyderabad.”A well-deserved recognition of a Statesman by the Rajiv Gandhi Sadbhavana Yatra Commemoration Committee, the award to Ghulam Nabi Azad makes us, as indeed the entire state proud," they said.


The Congress leaders reminded that Rajiv Gandhi had undertaken Sadbhavan Yatra in the country at a time when the country was torn by conflicts based on caste and religion. Rajiv Gandhi hoisted the Congress party flag at historic Charminar and commenced his Sadbhavana Yatra in twin cities in the year, 1990.


They wished the 66-year old Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad, currently Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha, more success in the future.

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