Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Dec 2: Amidst shouting of slogans and beating of dhols, Minister for Housing, Culture and Horticulture Raman Bhalla filed his nomination from Gandhi Nagar Assembly Constituency, as a candidate of the Congress party before the Returning Officer.
Minister was accompanied by his wife Indira Bhalla, Sarpanch Amrit Bali, Ex-Corporator Satish Sharma, Sarpanch Kashmir Singh, Sarpanch Aya Singh, Ex-Corporator Jai Singh, Ex-Corporator Kamal Singh, Ex-Corporator Chowdhary Dwarka, Ex-Corporator Jaswant Singh Sudan, Naib Sarpanch Hafiz, Ex-Corporator Parveen Singh and Ex-Corporator Tilak Raj Gupta
A procession was taken out, which started from the house of Minister towards Government Higher Secondary School (GHSS) at Gandhi Nagar. Thousands of people and Congress party workers and supporters on cars, motorcycles, horses and elephants participated in the procession and raised slogans in favour of the Congress party and Mr Bhalla.
After filing the nomination papers, Minister addressed the gathering and stated that said that the manifesto released by the Congress recently clearly reiterated party’s commitments towards peace, prosperity and progress of the State.
He added that the Congress-led Government has shown the way in the execution of mega projects like roads, hydro-power, colleges, schools and hospitals, in a time bound manner, in addition to providing an efficient, credible and pro-people governance to the state inspite of the hurdles created by alliance partners, and other anti-progress forces.
“No other political party can claim credit of having executed big projects in such an efficient and speedy manner in Jammu and Kashmir as has been done by Congress-led Government”, Bhalla stated.
He stated that with commissioning of a number of major water supply schemes in the Gandhi Nagar constituency, people are getting safe and hygienic drinking water, new ration stores have been opened up and the whole constituency, today, is connected through a network of roads and lanes.
Electrification of number of areas in the constituency was done by getting a number of electric poles and transformers installed and upgraded, Minister said, adding that around 15 schools have been upgraded to high and higher secondary level, which are catering to the needs of thousands of students at their doorsteps and all this happened due to the positive approach, sincerity and dedication of the Congress party towards the people.
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