Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Mar 27: Senior party leader and Minister for Housing, Culture and Sports Raman Bhalla today said that vote for Congress will be a vote for stability, peace and prosperity of country and Jammu and Kashmir in particular.
He said that country was passing through most sensitive phase and election of divisive or communal forces would not only destabilise its economy but would prove to be biggest misadventure.
Addressing series of public meetings organised jointly by Congress and National Conference (NC) to seek votes for coalition candidate for Jammu-Poonch Parliamentary constituency, Madan Lal Sharma in Residency Road, Gujjar Nagar, Krishna Nagar and Shaheedi Chowk areas, Raman Bhalla urged people to sense gravity of situation and vote a secular, progressive and visionary political outfit like Congress to power which has a legacy of building nation and bringing in prosperity.
Madan Lal Sharma, he said had worked tirelessly for people of far flung areas of Poonch and Rajouri and by sending him to the Parliament people will be making their voices heard at the highest forum. He added that Coalition Government in Jammu and Kashmir has achieved tremendous success with active support of people. The kind of infrastructure it has developed matches international standards.
Empowerment of Panchayats, setting up of new administrative units for giving people easy access to Government and central schemes aimed at giving countrymen Right to Food, Right to Education and Right to Information had all shown tremendous response. He urged people not fall prey to farce and frivolous campaigns launched by BJP to woo voters merely to snatch power.
Party candidate Madan Lal Sharma while counting the achievements of United Progressive Alliance (UPA) Government said several programmes and policies launched by the Centre have percolated right up to the village levels. Schemes like PMGSY, NRHM, Rural Electrification and JNNURM have spread development towards villages which otherwise used to remain neglected.
Former Minister Yogesh Sawhney while seeking votes for Madan Lal Sharma said that Coalition Government has worked for equitable development of all three regions of the state. It was during this era that schools, colleges, hospitals, roads, Panchayat Ghars and other infrastructure was developed in abundance. The liberal funding by Central Government, he said enabled the State to progress by leaps and bounds.
Prominent among others who were present and also addressed the meeting include Ram Pal, S Peter, Sudarshan Mahajan, Bimla Luthra, Jugal Mahajan, Vijay Luxmy Dutta, Surinder Singh Bunty and Lalita Sharma.
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