Defeat attempts of provocation; maintain amity, brotherhood: Cong

Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Feb 18: The J&K Pradesh Congress Committee (PCC) leadership today appealed to the people to defeat the attempts of provocation and maintain communal harmony and brotherhood at all levels.
A meeting of senior leaders of Pradesh Congress Committee was held at Jammu to take stock of the current situation in the wake of the Fidayeen attack on the CRPF convoy in Pulwama. It was presided over by PCC president GA Mir and attended by several senior leaders included former MP, former Ministers, former Legislators and senior functionaries of the Party.
The meeting observed two-minutes silence in memory of all those martyred in the recent attacks including the four Army personnel in the encounter at Pulwama today.
The meeting expressed great shock over the loss of precious lives and conveyed deep sympathies with the families of the martyrs and prayed for the early recovery of the injured. The meeting commended the security forces who are fighting and eliminating the terrorists least caring for their lives in order to defend Nation and it’s citizens.
The meeting reviewed the overall scenario in the State and elsewhere in the country following the anger of the Nation over the biggest ever attack on Security forces in the State, which resulted into huge loss of precious lives.
The meeting reiterated the resolve of the Nation to unitedly fight against the terror which is threat to the peace, unity and integrity of the country.
The meeting felt that the need of the hour is to maintain peace, unity and religious brotherhood at all costs and defeat the nefarious designs of the enemies of our Nation and not to allow such designs to succeed in any manner.
The meeting further said that people should defeat any such attempts of provocation to disturb the traditional amity and brotherhood in Jammu region and elsewhere in the Country.
The meeting also extended full cooperation to the Governor’s Administration to maintain peace and normalcy and also appealed all sections of the Society to extend full Cooperation to the law enforcing agencies to ensure peace and communal harmony.
Expressing grave concern over the increasing incidents of militancy and attack on forces in the recent past, the Party asked the Government to take more effective measures to counter Pak sponsored terrorism at all fronts and ensure safety of the citizens and our brave soldiers.
Among other who were present included- Nawang Rigzin Jora, Madan Lal Sharma, Mula Ram, Raman Bhalla, Mohd Sharief Niaz, RS Chibb, Ravinder Sharma, Vikramaditya Singh, Ch. Aijaz Ahmad Khan, Balwan Singh, Manmohan Singh, Ch. Shah Mohd, Raman Matto, Rajnish Sharma, AS Micky, Shabir Khan, Hari Singh Chib, Indu Pawar, Shiv Kumar Sharma, Udhay Chib, Raqeeq Khan and Pranav Shagotra.

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