Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Apr 2: Congress party in a meeting held at party office discussed public related issues as well as measures to intensify to fight for restoration of statehood to J&K, besides strengthening organization.
Working president JKPCC Raman Bhalla was chief guest while DCC president Yogesh Sawhney presided over the DCC level meeting. Former DCC president and senior leader Th Manmohan Singh, Ex-Corporators Dwarka Choudhary, Rajinder Singh Jamwal & Vijay Malhotra, DCC functionaries Pawan Dev Singh, Sandeep Dogra, Sat Pal Sapolia , RS Randhwa, Kewl Krishan Jogi, Ram Prakash Magotra, Laish Sharma, Raksesh Sharma, Sohit Sharma, Ram Mogotra, Ajay Kumar, Rakesh Paul and others attended the meeting.
Bhalla while speaking on the occasion said that people continue to suffer in the absence of statehood, as the dual control system is responsible for the unrest amongst the people and the sufferings of different section of society. There is no accountability in the administration due to prevailing dual control system.
He said that Central Government promised time to time to restore statehood without delay especially after assembly elections but even after one and half years of elections & elected government taking over, the centre has no intention to fulfill the promise. He said that people will have to fight for their rights & getting back their status, dignity and identity as a full-fledged state.
Bhalla asked Block and Ward Committees to garner support of the people for achieving the goal of early restoration of statehood.
Yogesh Sawhney, president DCC (U) Jammu in his address laid stress upon the strengthening of Block and Ward Committees . He also asked the participants to broadcast the policies and programmes of the Congress party and co-ordinate the efforts in strengthening the party cadre in every nook and corner of the Jammu city.
He said that people are facing huge hardships due to LPG crisis and price rise, as the centre fails to provide sufficient quota to J&K. There is great panic amongst the people on this count in the days to come and the Govt has no strategy to deal with the emerging situation.
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