Saroori condoles Vikar Ahmed Malik’s and Ghulam Rasool Butt demises

Jammu, March 27: State Congress Vice President and MLA Inderwal, Ghulam Mohammad Saroori has condoled sudden deaths of Vikar Ahmed Malik resident of Kishtwar, Ghulam Rasool Butt resident of Chinyas Jakyas.

“My thoughts and prayers are with the bereaved families”, said Saroori.

Expressing grief and shock over the sad demises of Vikar Ahmed Malik and Ghulam Rasool Butt, Ghulam Mohammad Saroori said that their death has created a vacuum which cannot be filled so easily. “They were highly learned and committed persons of Kishtwar and Chinyas areas,” said Saroori.

Conveying condolences to the bereaved families, Saroori prayed for eternal peace to the departed souls and expressed solidarity with the families in his hour of grief to bear the irreparable loss besides this place for them in heaven.

G. M Saroori expressed grief over tragic incident of landslide in Barnadi Sigdi

Condoles demise of Master Mohd Ramzan Malik and Bishan Lal

Kishtwar, March 26: - Vice President JKPCC and MLA Inderwal, Ghulam Mohammad Saroori today expressed deep sorrow and grief over the loss of life in the unfortunate landslide incident in which two grils including Sameena Bano (15), daughter of Chowdhary Mohammad Amin and Begha Banoo (15), daughter of Chowdhary Abdullah, both residents of Barnadi Sigdi area of Mugalmaidan Tehsil died when a landslide hit two girls, killing them on the spot.

Saroori conveyed his heartfelt condolence to the family members of bereaved families and prayed for eternal peace to the departed souls besides this place for them in heaven.

He assured all possible assistance to the kin’s of the deceased’s. Also Mr. Saroori has directed DC Kishtwar for releasing immediate ex-gratia relief in favour of the family members of those who have lost their lives and providing every possible help to them. Rs. 5 thousands each to the victim’s family members under Red Cross have been released and also Rs. 1 lakh each will be provided to each victim.

Saroori have also appealed to Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir to immediately release Rs. 5 lakhs ex-gratia relief in favour of next kin of the deceased’s. It is to mention here both the triggered girls along with two others had gone to graze their cattle in the area and all of sudden, a landslide trigger from the nearby rocks as a result of which two among the four girls died on spot while the two others had a miraculous escape.

Meanwhile G.M. Saroori have also condoled the sad demises of Master Mohd Ramzan Malik a resident of Maliknar Chatroo and AEE REW wing of RDD Kishtwar, Bishan Lal, a resident of Padder in Kishtwar who died last intervening night after he fallen from the stairs of first floor of CMG hotel near veterinary hospital Kishtwar..

Saroori has described the demise of Master Mohd Ramzan Malik a great loss to the Maliknar Chatroo as he was honest and noble human being and calling the late officer Bishan Lal most dedicated and efficient officer. He recalled his association with late Master Ramzan Malik & late Bishan Lal and said that they belonged to a humble background and rose on account of their unprecedented hard work.

Mr. Saroori has extended sympathies and solidarity with the bereaved families on this irreparable loss and prayed for peace to the departed souls.

G. M Saroori greet people on Holi

J&K is famous for its rich cultural amity and celebrations of festivals

JAMMU, MARCH 11: - Jammu and Kashmir Pradesh Congress Committee Vice President, Ghulam Mohammad Saroori today extended their greetings to the people on Holi, the festival of colours.

The state Congress Vice President said Jammu and Kashmir is famous for its rich cultural amity and celebrations of festivals in the state are unique for their secular and friendly colour.

In his message, Saroori said: ''Holi provides us an opportunity to break all barriers for sharing our joy, sentiments and good feelings and to spread happiness all around besides this the day would be celebrated with traditional gaiety, sobriety and decorum.''

''While celebrating festivals every one of us has to further cement the existing brotherly relations and extend message of love to everyone,'' Saroori added and also expressed the hope that the festival would go a long way in strengthening the bonds of brotherhood, unity and integrity of the country.

Mehbooba benefiting close confidents, putting burden on state exchequer: Congress

"Daily wagers and other contractual employees of the PDP-BJP government have been denied wages and wrong policies of PDP-BJP are leading to the financial crises"

JAMMU, MARCH 11: Congress legislators has condemned appointments of vice chairman’s made by Ms. Mehbooba Mufti terming that it would further burden bankrupt state exchequer in order to please party leaders who had lost the public mandate in recent elections.

In a press statement, Congress legislators including Ghulam Mohammad Saroori, Nawang Rigzin Jora, Haji Abdul Rashid Dar, Aijaz Ahmed Khan, Vikar Rasool Wani, Usman Majeed, Mohammad Amin Bhat, Mumtaz Ahmed Khan, Asgar Ali Karbalaie, Gulzar Ahmed Wani, Chowdhary Akram, and Delden Namgyal have said that the PDP-BJP contrary to its claims of taking austerity measures to reduce the burden on the state exchequer, the government appointed 16 politicians as vice-chairpersons of the financially overburdened public sector enterprises (PSEs). They said vice chairman’s would be paid Rs 16 lakhs per month from the coffers of the state government, which is already facing financial crunch. These vice chairman’s are entitled to a monthly salary of Rs 80,000 per month, besides hefty perks and allowances to “serve” the PSEs.

Congress legislators said that government has failed to pay pensions, clearance of work done liability of the contractors, salary and other financial benefits to its regular employees; however, it’s adorning Mehbooba’s close confidents with plum posts, which is putting extra burden on exchequer.

In contrast, daily wagers and other contractual employees of the PDP-BJP government have been denied wages and wrong policies of PDP-BJP are leading to the financial crises in the state.

Besides the monthly salary, perks, allowances and other benefits, these politicians are entitled to chauffeur-driven vehicles, personal staff and other advantages. Those who were appointed hold posts in various corporations and public sector undertakings (PSUs) which are often termed as ‘white elephants’ devoid of productive results.“The status, perks and facilities provided to these political appointees are equal to those availed by the cabinet ministers and ministers of state which runs into crores of rupees”, Congress legislators added.

Congress party remember Late Jugal Bhandari on his 3rd death anniversary

Worked for strengthening the bonds of amity and brotherhood between various segments of society: G. M Saroori

JAMMU, MARCH 08: - Congress party on Wednesday fondly remembered Late Thakur Jugal Bhandari on his 3rd death anniversary with Jammu and Kashmir Pradesh Congress Committee (JKPCC) Vice President, Ghulam Mohammad Saroori paying tributes to the departed leader in Jammu.

Paying floral tributes to the Late Jugal Bhandari, Mr. Saroori described him as a dynamic leader who was always committed to the welfare of the poor and the downtrodden people of Kishtwar.

Saroori said he was a tall leader who nurtured a dream of Peace, Progress in all parts of Kishtwar and one of the most respected Leaders in the congress party because of his total dedication and devotion to the ideas of congress party which he followed throughout his life.

He said such people are rare, who keep aside politics and treat everyone equal, irrespective of caste, creed, colour or regional affiliation”, the State Congress Vice President said, adding that he had unflinching faith in secularism and all his life he worked for strengthening the bonds of amity and brotherhood between various segments of society.

Others who spoke on the occasion were Mahinder Singh Parihar, Mushtaq Ahmed Hap, Piyaray Lal Sharma, Satish Kumar, Mohd Iqbal Keen, Santosh Bhandari, Khalid Hussain, Des Raj Parihar, Amar Singh, Rangeil Singh, Amar Singh, Tsering Teshi, Pershant Bhandari, Santosh Bhandari, Altaf Hussain Malik, Haji Ghulam Qadir, Tariq Hussain Mintoo, Madan Lal Bhandari, Ravi Kumar Shan, Noor Hussain, Advocate Suman Bhandari, Advocate Shaik Abrar, Randeep Bhandari, Mohd Amin Butt, Shanker Wazir, Surjeet Badyal, Vinod Kumar, Jagdish Raj, Firdous Mingoo, Wassim Maker and others described that Mr. Bhandari will be remembered among the people as a soft spoken person, beside as peacekeeper.

All the Participants highlighted the achievement of Late Bhandari who till last fought for secularism and brotherhood. .

“Bhandari was associated with Congress party since last over 30 years and hold many important portfolios in the party including State Secretary. He remains the District President of party during peak militancy days and during his tenure promoted party policies and agenda not only in Chenab valley, but also throughout the country. He was known as a symbol of peace and communal harmony and plays his important role during Kishtwar communal violences that rattles the Chenab valley in last over 20 year. He also played an important role in strengthening the fabric of peace and communal harmony and played an important role in bringing the people of the two communities” Congress leaders said.

Saroori conducted whirlwind tour of sub-division Chatroo; Met with fire victims of Chatroo

Hold condolence meeting of Ghulam Mouhi-Ud-Din and met with Bar Association Kishtwar

Judiciary and Tehsil office should operate from Old DC office complex for convenience of people being central place

Chatroo, March 05: - Vice President JKPCC and MLA Inderwal, Ghulam Mohammad Saroori conducted a whirlwind tour of sub-division Chatroo today where he met with the fire victims of village “Daangar Nallah" Chingam and “Pahalgwar” and distributed cheques worth Rs. 25,000 each among victims of fire that engulfed 3 houses in Bachen Daangar Nallaha village and one in Pahalgwar area of subdivision Chatroo.

BDO Subuh Shad, BDO Mohsin Raza, AEE R&B Chatroo Anil Mehra, TSO Tariq Rasool Munshi, SHO Anayat Hussain, other officials from Revenue, Rural development, CAPD and all the local leaders were also present on the occasion.

Saroori met all the affected families personally and distributed cheques worth Rs. 25,000 each under CDF for houses. He said earlier under SDRF DC Kishtwar gave away cheques amounting to Rs 1.019 lakh each to the affected families for reconstruction of their damaged houses.

He also announced to provide 6 Month free ration and Rs 3000 monthly rent to the affected families till they are permanently rehabilitated. Each affected family was also provided a Tent, a Kitchen sets, blankets under Red Cross.

While talking to people, Mr. Saroori assured full help to the people and said that he will provide every type of support to them as and when needed. He also held meeting with the people of Dangar Nallah and announced Rs, 3 lakhs for the construction of concrete C-path for danger nallah, construction of 3 trangri’s. He also assured the people that mettling, walling, culvert, premixing works on Dangar Nallah road will be started in the month of April this year which was long pending demands of the area.

Earlier Mr. Saroori along with local Congress leaders visited Kuriya, Pahalgwar, Reshi Pura Chatroo, Khawjgam, Naik Pura, Dadpeth areas to personally condoles the death of Ghulam Mouhi-Ud-Din, Habibullah Reshi, Sanaullah Wani, sister of Irshad Ahmed, Chowdhary Talib, Nek Ram Parna, mother of Bahar Ahmed, Abdul Sattar Mattoo, Abdul Fattah Mattoo. Mr. Saroori stayed with the bereaved families and expressed his sympathy and solidarity with them, offered fatiyah, consoled the family members and prayed to the Almighty Allah for eternal peace to the departed souls beside a place for them in heaven. He also prayed to Almighty Allah to give strength to the family members of the deceased to bear irreparable loss.

At Chatroo Congress party held an emergency meeting at Dak Bungalow to condole the death of Congress senior leader Marhoom Ghulam Mouhi-Ud-Din from Kuriya Chatroo. Congress leaders described his death as sad, most unfortunate and a great loss to the people of Inderwal. They said that the vacuum created in his death shall never be filled. They called him most human, most secular, most acceptable to one and all. In their condolence message to the members his family the party expressed sympathy with the family & prayed for the heavens for the departed soul.

Later at Kishtwar, Mr. Saroori holds a discussion with the President Bar Association Kishtwar, where he support the bandh call given by Beopar mandal Kishtwar to the extent for convenience and providing basic amenities to all the people of Kishtwar irrespective of religion, party, caste, colour, creed, he said that not a single person in Kishtwar is in favour of shifting of Tehsil office from the Kishtwar town, the case which has been pending in the Court since long.

Mr. Saroori said corporate and electricity courts shall be establish in Kishtwar in near future for that Judiciary needed space for smooth functioning and old DC office building, ADC and ADDC buildings should be handover to judiciary but at the same time Tehsil office Kishtwar should be establish from the present judiciary buildings and old ACR Offices. He further said that both Judiciary and Tehsil office should operate from Old DC office complex for convenience of people being central place so that Judiciary magistrate and executive magistrate be at least approachable to people in the town.

Congress condoles demise of Ghulam Mouhi-Ud-Din

Deceased was an inspiring personality: G. M Saroori

Kishtwar, March 04: - Jammu and Kashmir Pradesh Congress Committee Vice President, Ghulam Mohammad Saroori has condoled the demise of Ghulam Mouhiuddin a close associate, prominent local party leader of Kishtwar district.

Expressing heartfelt condolences with the bereaved family, the state party vice president, Ghulam Mohammad Saroori, termed the deceased a dedicated, honest and upright political activist. He also said the deceased was an inspiring personality who with his social service and public good has inspired many and will be remembered for long. While praying for his everlasting peace, Saroori said the deceased was a humble human being who would always stand by the side of needy.

Expressing solidarity with the bereaved family, he prayed for the everlasting peace of the deceased soul.

Among other leaders who extended their sympathies with the bereaved family include Senior party leaders Bashir Ahmed Sheikh, Captain Jagdish, Rafique Shah, Yusuf Shah, Om Prakash, Ronak Singh, Sharvan Sharma, Krishan Lal, Mohd Saleem, Shahnawaz Ahmed, Abdul Hameed, Jabbar Ahmed, Irshad Ahmed, Piyaray Lal Sharma, Mohd Iqbal Keen, Khalid Hussain Sheikh, Sanjay Manhas, Santosh Kumar, Bidya Lal, Sarfraz Khan, Mehboob Ahmed, Hafiz Farooq Ahmed, Akhtar Hussain, Mohhd Iqbal, Mohd Aslam Saroori, Mohd Shafi Saroori, Asgar Hussain, Tariq Wani, Hafiz Ali Mohd, Nazir Ahmed, Mahinder Singh Parihar, Mushtaq Ahmed Hap, Haji Ghulam Qadir Sheikh, Altaf Hussain Malik, Abdul Hamid Bhawani, Firdous Mingnoo, Waseem Maker, Randeep Bhandari, Asif Iqbal Butt, Arzoo Keen, Chowdhary Issaq, Chowdhary Qasim, Abdul Kareem, Rashid Latief, Aziz Mohd, Ch Noor Din, Mohd Amin, Abdul Rashid, Gh Mohd Reshi, Daleep Kumar, Roshan Lal, Haji Jamal Din, Ch Lal Din, Isher Das, Sewa Ram, Munsi Ram, Kalyan Singh, Mohd Iqbal Banday, Abdul Qayoom, Peer Mouhiuddin, Chowdhary Booba Chauhan, Qasin Din, Puran Chand, Farooq Ahmed Sheikh, Haji Abdul Rashid, Shabir Ahmed, Abdul Latief, Ghulam Rasool, Mehraj Ud Din, Sat Lal, Lal Chand, Girdari Lal, Shamboo Nath, Somnath, Baldev Raj, Chowdhary Ismaeil, Chowdhary Abdullah, Chowdhary Nasra, Altaf Hussain, Abdul Chappan, Mohd Rafique, and all other party leaders.

Ghulam Nabi Azad condoles demise of Ghulam Mouhiuddin

His demise is a setback to the Inderwal

Jammu, March 04: Former Chief Minister of J&K and leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha (MP), Ghulam Nabi Azad today condoled the sad demise of Senior Congress leader from Kuriya Thakrie Ghulam Mouhiuddin.

Ghulam Mouhiuddin was most dedicated and efficient worker, Azad in a condolence message said that his demise is a setback to the Inderwal.

He recalled his association with the Ghulam Mouhiuddin and said that he belonged to a humble background and rose on account of his unprecedented hard work in the area.

While expressing his sympathies with the family members, Azad prayed for the external peace to the departed souls. May Allah shower his choicest blessings on the soul in heaven”, said Azad.

The party senior leader including Ghulam Ahmed Mir, Ghulam Mohammad Saroori, Tariq Hameed Karra, have also expressed their sadness over the sad demise of Ghulam Mouhiuddin.

Congress legislators calls on Governor

Jammu, March 03: A delegation of Congress led by leader legislature party met the Governor N.N. Vohra on Friday and discussed the overall situation in the state besides apprising him of the various current issues of general public, especially the mode & manner of ongoing process of delimitation of Panchayats in the run up to Panchayat elections.

The delegation comprised N. Rigzin Jora CLP leader, G.M. Saroori, Haji Ab. Rashid, Asgar Karbalai, Gulzar Wani, Ch. Mohd. Akram, Deldan Namgyal, Naresh Gupta (All Legislators) besides Ravinder Sharma Chief Spokesperson of the Party.

The delegation apprised the governor about the illegalities and irregularities in the ongoing process of delimitation of Panchayats and wards and told him that the arbitrary and partisan manner adopted in the delimitation has vitiated the atmosphere of election to panchayat bodies at the grass root level. 

The ruling parties for the vested political interest have resorted to favoritism in the delimitation of wards through Rural Development Department which is contrary to law and all the norms in the democracy. 

The party said that government have deliberately undone the various provision of the Act as per spirit of 73rd amendment and even did not constitute the independent election commission, as envisaged in the Act. 

Taking strong objection to the entire delimitation process through Rural Development Dept of the government, the delegation demanded a de-novo delimitation of panchayats and wards under an independent mechanism of commission on a fair, transparent and non- partisan manner based on notified uniform and rational criteria, after taking the entire population of the panchayats into confidence. The party has already registered its protests in initial stage with the Election Authority from the very beginning and in all party meet convened by it but without any response on the issue.

The party also discussed the other burning issues of the people like total mess in the public distribution system, as despite hike in prices, people are not getting ration, sugar and K-Oil as per scale on regular basis. The issue of regularization of daily wages/Casual/need based and contractual workers/employees in different departments was also taken up. The failure of the centre and State govt. to fulfill the commitment to DPs/Refugees of 1947, 1965 and 1971 as per relirf package @ 25 lac per family and its other components and problems faced by them in getting the meager relief amount sanctioned were also highlighted.

The overall security environment also figured in discussion and the delegation expressed surprise over the fresh migration and registration undertaken by the government instead of ensuring the same return and rehabilitation of migrants.

The delegation raised the issue of backdoor appointments being done by the government in different departments especially in Police, Tourism and Bank etc and expressed concern over the injustice being done to the unemployment youth causing great resentment amongst them.

The delegation also apprised the governor over the pick and choose in the matter of security and accommodation to opposition leaders and activist, thus exposing them to the designs of anti national and anti social elements. The delegation raised various issues of general public and legislators discussed the problems of their respective areas and assembly constituencies including the failure of the government on all fronts in providing minimum governance to the people resulting into maladministration at various levels, where people are suffering a lot.

Congress express grief over loss of property in fire incident at Dangaar Nallah Chatroo

Kishtwar, March 03: The Jammu and Kashmir Pradesh Congress Committee (JKPCC) Vice president, Ghulam Mohammad Saroori has expressed deep sorrow over the huge loss of property and a temple in the tragic fire incident at Dangar Nallah area of Chingam in sub-division Chatroo.

Expressing his deep sympathies with the 3 families belongs to Roshan Lal son of Nek Ram Thakar, Bodh Raj son of Mangta Thakar and Mangat Ram son of Jai Ram Thakar all resident of hamlet Bachen Daangar Nallaha Chingam and people of the area who lost their houses and a temple in the tragic fire accident, Saroori said the installation of fire service station at Chatroo could have minimized the damage.

Demanding proper and timely compensation, relief for the effected families, Saroori said the government should provide every possible support to the victims so that they could not face any problem in the prevailing cold conditions. He said the government should immediately provide free ration, tin sheets and blankets to the fire victims.

Saroori further said that there is an immediate need of opening of well equipped fire service stations at tehsil level across the erstwhile Doda district. He said that in recent years major incidents in Thathri, Keshwan, Chatroo, Mugalmaidan, Bunjwah, Warwan, Marwah, Dachhan, Padder, Nagsini, Drabshalla, Bhalessa and other parts of the District have raised a question mark on preparedness of Fire Service Department and government in tackling the increasing fire incidents in Kishtwar and Doda districts and other parts of the State.

State Congress Vice President urged government for early setting up of fire service stations at Thathri, Bunjwah, Chatroo, Sarthal, Thakrie, Drabshalla, Kahara Bhalessa, Warawan, Nagseni Towns to cater the need of the people in the area.

The party senior leader from Chatroo Haji Ghulam Qadir Sheikh, Altaf Hussain Malik, Piyaray Lal Sharma, Santosh Kumar also expressed their sadness over the loss of properties in the fire incident.

Congress leaders greet people on Mahashivratri

Jammu, February 24: Indian National Congress (INC) leaders from Jammu and Kashmir have greeted the people on the auspicious occasion of Mahashivratri, which is celebrated by Kashmiri Pandits as Hairath.

In a message of felicitations, the Congress leaders including Ghulam Ahmed Mir, Raman Bhalla, Haji Abdul Rashid Dar, G. M Saroori, Aijaz Khan, Mohd Amin Bhat, Taj Mouhiuddin, Tara Chand, Ghulam Nabi Monga, Usman Majid, Mohd Sharief Niaz, Abdul Majid Wani, Mumtaz Khan, Chowdhary Akram, Gulzar Ahmed Wani, Naresh Kumar Gupta, Sham Lal Sharma, Salman Nizami, Amir Rasool, and others said that this festival symbolizes the values of piety, devotion, brotherhood and harmony, which are the hallmark of our glorious cultural ethos.

The Congress leaders referred to the tradition of the people of Jammu and Kashmir of celebrating such occasions in amity and brotherhood. They expressed the hope that this trait will get further strengthened with the passage of time and all contribute positively in flourishing this speciality and characteristics of the State. They said observation and celebrations of holy occasions and festivals in collectively and togetherness adds colour to the joyful events.

Making a mention of the traditional manner in which Kashmiri Pandits observe and celebrate Shivratri, Congress leaders said the ‘Hairth’ is the important part of Kashmiryat and denotes historical bonds of love and amity between Hindus and Muslims. They extended Hairth Mubarak to the Kashmiri Pandits and wished them well-being.

The state Congress leaders also prayed for peace and betterment of the State and the Country on the occasion.

Retired JK Police Inspector Atta Mohd Malik joins Congress party

JAMMU, FEBRUARY 26: - Former JK Police Inspector Atta Mohd Malik from Hanoo Jakyas area today joined Congress party in Jammu. Atta Mohd Malik recently retired as Inspector in JK Armed police.

Welcoming Atta Mohd Malik to the party fold, Vice President Jammu and Kashmir Pradesh Congress Committee, Ghulam Mohammad Saroori said that after playing a brilliant inning as a public servant, he will contribute for development of the Bhalessa area and welfare of the people.

"We welcome public spirited, honest and missionary people in our party to carry forward the mission of the party with vigour and zest for making Jammu and Kashmir a prosperous, progressive and peaceful state is the party dreams," Saroori said.

Saroori said that Congress is the voice of people. “It has always stood for the people and will continue to represent the aspirations of all the sections of the society”, State Congress Vice Chief added.

Prominent among those Master Bashir Ahmed Sirwal, Sabder Hussain Wani, Khursheed Ahmed, Mohd Sharief, Dilawar Hussain, Ghulam Qadir and others were present on the occasion.