G. M Saroori held public meeting in Kandani

Castigated communal & opportunistic forces for dividing the people in the name of religion and region

Kontwara area suffered the most during BJP government; Three dozen BJP workers joined Congress

KANDANI, NOVEMBER 08: - Jammu and Kashmir Pradesh Congress Committee (JKPCC), Vice President Ghulam Mohammad Saroori castigated communal and opportunistic forces for dividing the people in the name of religion and region.

While addressing a public meeting here at Kandani area of Kishtwar district, Saroori accused PDP and BJP of pursuing communal, caste and regional based politics, saying this is detrimental to the pluralistic ethos of the State. He said Congress is the only party which reflects the urges and aspirations of the people of the three regions and their sub regions. ‘Communal amity and harmony has been the hallmark of Congress”, he said.

Saroori said areas like Kontwara had suffered the most during BJP government and said the schemes under PMGSY is incomplete because of contractor-BJP politician nexus. Saroori asked: “Who are the people who are not letting the construction work on the Kontwara Bridge to start, who are the people who are not constructing the sanctioned road for Kontwara under PMGSY, who are the people who don’t want to construct the road on the approved alignment, People in 2014 election gave thumbing majority to BJP from Kontwara area where are the promises and assurances made by the so called leaders.

He said that the politics of BJP leaders has been based on opportunism, deceit, backstabbing and falsehood. He lambasted BJP for indulging in double speak and working against the interests of the people. He called upon people of Kontwara to strengthen Congress party in order to steer the area to new vistas of progress and development.

Saroori said BJP had made number of hallow promises to the people in Kontwara, like launching a special recruitment drive, giving away free ration among masses, completion of Kontwara road within 2 years of time, electricity and drinking water facility in every house hold of Kontwara, and many other things, but nothing has been done on ground. He said that the BJP government didn’t look into the issues of people of the area. This government, instead of solving problems of people, is resorting to cosmetic acts for camera and displaying flashy and expensive cars to make their presence felt, he said and added the government is completely missing from the ground.

On the occasion three dozen BJP workers from Kontwara including Rajesh Kumar Gupta, Kewal Krishan, Madan Lal, Pawan Kumar, Mulkhraj Sharma, Devraj Sharma Pujari, Ramesh Kumar, Khem Raj, Des Raj, Ramesh Kumar, Omi Chand, Munshi Ram, Ghulam Mouhiuddin, Ghulam Hussain, Abdul Rashid Sheikh, Ghulam Qadir Ahangar, Somi Raj, Subriv Sharma, Bodh Raj, Giyan Chand, Somi Raj, Babu Ram, Phulail Singh, Chowdhary Maeya, Mohd Iqbal and others joined Congress party in presence of Mr. Saroori.

Earlier Mr. Saroori inspected the ongoing development works in Hasti area and asked the executive agency for completing the works in a time bound manner so that people will be benefitted.

Prominent among those Akhtar Hussain Khurwaey, Suraj Prakash, Mohd Ashraf, Darshan Shah, Mohd Shafi, Akhtar Hussain, Hari Ram, Bebi Chand, Mohd Bashir, Farooq Ahmed, Rajesh Gupta, Giyan Chand, Somi Raj and people in large were present on the occasion.