Big blow to BJP as two dozen BJP workers joined Congress

PDP-BJP plunged J&K into unprecedented political uncertainty: G. M Saroori

Kishtwar, November 05: - The Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP) today suffered a big blow as its two dozen workers joined Congress Party in presence of state Congress vice president and MLA Inderwal G. M Saroori.

In a simple function held here, two dozen BJP workers joined the Congress party and expressed to resolve to work for further strengthening the party in Batwari-Chatroo belt of Inderwal.

Asserting that Congress stands guarantee to preserving and maintaining time tested secular ethos and regional unity of Jammu, Kashmir and Ladakh, Saroori made a clarion call to all those believing in unique characteristics of the state to get united under its banner to fight divisive forces.

“Times have proven that flaring up regional and religious passions cannot take a homogenous state like Jammu and Kashmir anywhere”, Saroori said while welcoming Chowdhary Ibrahim, Chowdhary Shafi, Noor Din, Chowdhary Qasim, Nazir Ahmed, Fareed Ahmed, Manzoor Ahmed, Khursheed Ahmed, Chowdhary Noor Din, Rameez Ahmed, Mohd Shafi, Mohd Aslam, Chowdhary Ibrahim, Chowdhary Jamma, Chowdhary Karam Din, Chowdhary Habib, Chowdhary Faqira, Ghulam Mohd, Abdul Wahid, Chowdhary Habib and others in the party fold.

Saroori said that polarization in politics may earn certain short term gains to politicians with myopic interests but in the long run such tendencies do not only boomerang but also prove detrimental to the larger interests of the people and the State.”This has been proven by the opportunistic alliance of PDP-BJP which at end of the day has plunged Jammu and Kashmir into unprecedented political uncertainty”, he said adding that if the two parties, which joined hands on the premise of North Pole South Pole could not pull together for just two years, how could they steer the sensitive state like Jammu and Kashmir to peace and progress.

He described the joining of BJP workers into Congress fold as yearning among cross section of people to join Congress, a living symbol of secular credentials. He urged the party workers to fan out in their respective areas, identify problems of the people and seek their redressal at appropriate forums, especially in the wake of mandated political parties like PDP-BJP shunning their moral and constitutional responsibilities and leaving the people in lurch. Saroori hoped that their joining into party fold, the Congress party would be further strengthened in Batwari Chatroo area at grass roots level.

While speaking on the occasion said that their joining of Congress is a home coming for them and said that like a true soldiers of the party they will put all their energies for the betterment of the party. They also pledged to carry forward the mission of Congress party forward as a foot soldier of the party, saying Congress is the only political party which has always espoused the cause of people irrespective of caste, creed and religion.

Congress leaders Chowdhary Noor Din, Abdul Gani, Bashir Ahmed, Mohd Mateen Butt, Mohd Aslam, Khalid Hussain Sheikh and others also greeted and welcomed the new entrants on joining Congress.