Cong pays tribute to Nehru
Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, May 27: The 62nd death anniversary of first Prime Minister of India, Pt Jawahar Lal Nehru was observed in a function at Rajiv Bhawan, Shaheedi Chowk in Jammu today.
The party activists present on the occasion remembered the sacrifices of Pt Nehru and took pledge to follow the path shown by him to work for the welfare of the society and to fight with the communal forces and to maintain brotherhood.
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The function was presided over by PCC working president and Former Minister Raman Bhalla which was attended by, DCC president Jammu Urban & Former Minister Yogesh Sawhney, EX-MLC & Incharge PCC HQ Ved Mahajan, Th Manmohan Singh, Varinder Manhas, Gurdarshan Singh, Vijay Sharma (Seva Dal), Kapil Singh, Neeraj Gupta, Sanjeev Panda, Rajesh Sharma, Rajveer Singh, Michael Wazir, Babbal Gupta, Kewal Krishan Jogi and others.
Paying floral tributes, Bhalla recalled the great contributions of Pt Jawahar Lal Nehru in the freedom struggle and in laying the foundation of free India as a strong democratic, social, secular and progressive nation, for which he is rightly known as the architect of modern India.
He denounced attempts by the ruling party and it’s sister concerns to distort the historical facts about the role played by the great stalwart in the freedom struggle and in the building of modern India especially his historical contributions, in bringing Jammu and Kashmir ,into the Indian fold at the crucial times.
Bhalla lauded the visionary role played by Pt Nehru in defeating the designs of two nation theory by Jinnah over Kashmir. It was his far- sightedness and his great efforts which ultimately succeeded in lending the popular support in Jammu and Kashmir towards its accession with India by Maharaja Hari Singh on Oct 26, 1947.
Yogesh Sawhney described Nehru as the tallest leader of all times, whose contribution in the freedom struggle and as first Prime Minister can never be forgotten. He said that contribution of Pt Nehru to bring the state of J&K to the fold of Indian nation can’t be forgotten.
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