Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Mar 31: Pradesh Congress Committee (PCC) today criticized the NDA Government at the Centre for not releasing flood relief package for the J&K state.
In the first meeting of the newly constituted PCC held under the chairmanship of G A Mir (president), the functionaries strongly condemned the NDA Government at the Centre for not providing adequate relief in the Jammu and Kashmir. They said there was immediate need to launch flood relief work at war footing. Moreover, the NDA Government denied Rs 44,000 cr flood relief package to the State
The meet was attended by most of the newly appointed office bearers of the PCC from all the three regions of the State besides party legislators including senior vice president Sham Lal Sharma and CLP leader Nawang Rigzin Jora.
The members discussed the situation arisen out of the rain and floods in several parts of State especially in Kashmir Valley and expressed deep sock and anguish over the loss of lives and property. The meeting observed two minutes silence to pray for peace to the departed souls.
In a resolution adopted on the occasion, the PCC members expressed sympathies and conveyed heartfelt condolences to the bereaved families. The resolution expressed serious concern over the flood situation which has taken an alarming level leading to loss of lives and property. The meeting impressed upon the State Government to take up the required measures on war-footing for rescue, relief and rehabilitation of the affected people.
The speakers questioned the BJP over its stand on abrogation of Article 370, AFSPA, Refugees of PoK and West Pak and especially their slogan of “Eik Vidhan, Eik Nishan and Eik Pardhan” as well as on cross border terrorism. The meeting also took a dig at the PDP-BJP Coordination Committee which in its first meeting showed keen interest on the issue of security and accommodation of their leaders.
Mr Mir asked the party leaders to work unitedly at all levels in order to strengthen the party. He asked the party leaders and frontal organizations to gear up their cadres to take up the challenge of a vibrant opposition in order to convert it into an opportunity for rebuilding the organization and wining the faith of the people of the three regions.
Prominent among those who attended the meeting included Raman Bhalla, Mula Ram, Narbu Gailson, G N Monga, Haji Abdul Rashid-MLA, Kanta Bhan, GM Saroori-MLA, Mohd Anwar Bhat, MLC’s Naresh Gupta, Rani Billoria, Sham Lal Bhagat, Ravinder Sharma, Rajnesh Sharma, Vikar Rasool Wani, Gulzar Ahmed Wani, Dildan Namgyal; Abdul Majid Wani, Usman Majid, Balwan Singh, Yogesh Sawhney, Vikram Malhotra, Manmohan Singh, Namrata Sharma, Ghulam Raza, Shabir Ahmed Khan, Shah Mohd Choudhary, Manjit Singh, Shoib Nabi Lone, Shahnawaz, Faqir Nath, SS Channi, Abid Kashmiri, Vijay Manhas, Shamsher Singh Chib, Shashi Sharma, Thomas Khokher, Manjeet Singh Jatt, Ashok Dubey, Ashok Sharma, Narinder Sharma, Raja Farooq, Salman Nizami, Pawan Singh, Ashwani Puri, Nadeem Sharief Niaz, Dr Rashid Choudhary; Indu Pawar-(Mahila Congress chief), Oma Shanker Pandey,Parnav Shagotra, Neeraj Kundan, Shiv Kumar Sharma (INTUC) and Balwinder Singh Sambyal ( Cong Seva Dal)
Meanwhile, PCC chief constituted a team of senior leaders to accompany him to access the flood situation in Kashmir valley. The members are- Nawang Rigzin Jora, Haji Abdul Rashid-MLA, Ghulam Nabi Monga-MLC, Usman Majeed-MLA, Gulzar Ahmed Wani- MLA, Mohd Amin Bhat- MLA, Smt Amreen Bader- vice president PCC, Surinder Singh Channi- general secretary PCC, Hilal Ahmed Shah- general Secretary PCC and Nazir Khan Beerwah- general secretary.
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