Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Dec 19: “Goa Liberation Day” was celebrated by Sanskritik Cell, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Jammu & Kashmir at party Headquarter, Trikuta Nagar, Jammu.
J&K BJP president, Ravinder Raina was the chief guest on the occasion, while the programme was convened by convenor Sanskritik Cell Bharat Bhushan Sharma.
BJP secretary, Rekha Mahajan, All Cell Incharge, Rakesh Mahajan, office secretary, Tilak Gupta, media secretary, Dr. Pardeep Mahotra, Library incharge Prof. Kulbhushan Mohtra, convenor Human Right Cell, Hunar Gupta, Training Cell incharge Parneesh Mahajan and convenor Sports Cell, Sunil Dogra were also present on the occasion.
Ravinder Raina, while addressing on the occasion said that in order to remember the supreme contribution of the freedom fighters from Jammu & Kashmir who struggled hard for the liberation of Goa from clutches of Portuguese, BJP celebrates the day. He said “We must never forget the supreme contributions of our ideologues and continuously drive the lessons from their lives”.
Rakesh Mahajan, on the occasion, said that “We must imbibe the spirit of nationalism in our future generations as well’’. He said our elders with the spirit of nationalism in their hearts suffered the atrocities in the jails and laid the foundation of strong nation.
Bharat Bhushan Sharma in his address provided useful details providing the highlights of the freedom struggle of Goa from Portuguese occupation. He also remembered the individual freedom fighters who had played an important role to liberate Goa from Portuguese, which was liberated on 19th December 1961 after 450 long years. He also said that out of total 21 participants, Surinder Mohan Aggarwal, Atma Ram Sharma and Surjit Kumar Gupta are still alive today and we pray to God for their long and healthy life.
Parveen Kerni, Cell co- convenors Vinay Sharma, Narinder Singh Jij, Sumeet Sharma, Mohan Lal, Bhagesh Gupta Bharti, Ramesh Chander Sharma, Rajesh Abhay Sharma, Ajay Dogra, Pooja Khajuria, Surinder Kumar Magotra, Sanjay Kumar, Rattan Singh, Nagar Mal, Udit Upadhyay and others were also present on the occasion.
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