Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Jan 1: Ajay Kumar Sadhotra, former minister and senior leader of National Conference today claimed that people had thrown out BJP from Marh constituency in the recently held DDC elections.
He was addressing a meeting of prominent workers of the Block National Conference Marh at Chano Chak to review election results and chalk out further course of action.
“Anti youth, anti Kisan, anti border dwellers and anti common people policies have forced people of Marh to make up their mind to throw out BJP from Marh constituency. The people have shown sagacity and wisdom to throw BJP out as people felt enough is enough. They were fed up with hollow slogans and lies of BJP,” asserted Sadhotra.
The NC leader said that BJP had no agenda of development and their campaign was simply moving around polarization. “Question is not who wins, question is people took decision to oust BJP from Marh constituency in DDC elections. The role of people of Marh is highly appreciable and people have told in clear terms that no more hollow slogans & lies,” he added.
Sadhotra congratulated people of Jammu & Kashmir for posing their faith in National Conference and leadership of the party; Dr Farooq Abdullah and Omar Abdullah. “People reaffirmed that only National Conference can be the custodian of the people of J&K and only NC can feel pulse of the people and provide solution to their genuine and just problems,” he said.
Sadhotra asked the prominent workers of Marh to redouble their efforts to reach to the people to take all effective and democratic steps to listen to their day to day problems. “National Conference workers should continue to work with an image of a party with difference,” he stressed.
Others, who spoke, included Swarn Singh, Piar Singh, Rakesh Sharma, Ram Lal, Charan Dass Bhagat (Ex-Sapanch), Diwan Singh (Ex-Sarpanch), Ghar Singh Chib (Corporator), Vishwa Nath, Prof Naseeb Chand, S Pritam Singh, Advocate Gurdeep Kour, Sandeep Kour Panch, Devi Ditta, Vijay Kumar Sharma, Bramh Dutt Sharma, Suraj Parkash Sharma, Kuldeep Singh, Ranjeet Singh, Anil Singh Chib, Gela Ram, Captain Joginder Lal, Subash Sharma, Rao Vikram Singh, Ravi Kumar Sharma and Rameshwar Sharma.