Dr Farooq Abdullah leads party functionaries in offering floral tributes to Mahatma Gandhi on his 154th Jayanti 

JAMMU, October 02: The Jammu and Kashmir National Conference Party President Dr. Farooq Abdullah on Monday paid glowing tributes and homage to father of the nation Mahatma Gandhi on his 154th birth anniversary at party’s provincial headquarters Sher-e-Kashmir Bhawan, Jammu. 

In his address to the party functionaries, Dr. Farooq said that the day is not only commemorated as the birth anniversary of Gandhi Ji but also his timeless values of nonviolence, social justice and communal harmony. “It was he who saw the ray of hope in the J&K when the rest of the country had been taken over by the communal frenzy. We the people  of J&K also saw the paradise of our ideas in the efforts of Gandhi. It was in his vision of a free India that we saw the dream of Naya Kashmir come true. It was his ideology that drove J&K towards India, the need of the hour calls for strengthening those values.”he said. 

Meantime various public & workers delegations led by Babu Rampaul former minister and Central Zone President, Vijay Lochan Chairman SC Cell, Abdul Gani Teli Chairman OBC Cell,  Chander Mohan Sharma District President Jammu Urban, Raghvir Singh Manhas District President Jammu Rural A, Sudagar Gupta Distict President Samba, Pyare Lal Sharma, Sunil Verma District Udhampur Urban, Ramparshotam District President Udhampur Rural, Tariq Bhat  Mohinder Singh,  Nar Singh Labor Wing, Harshvardhan Singh NCSU called on him at the party’s provincial headquarters Sher-e-Kashmir Bhawan, Jammu. 

Those who were present on this occasion : Ajay Kumar Sadhotra former minister and Additional General Secretary, Rattan Lal Gupta Provincial President Jammu Province, Sheikh Bashir Ahmed , Pardeep Bali Provincial Secretaries, Ajaz Jan P.P  Jammu YNC, Satwant Kour Dogra P.P  Jammu Women Wing, Deepinder Kour Ex-MLC, Master Noor Hussain Ex-MLC, Dr. Shamshad Shan Chairperson DDC Ramban, Shamim Begum DDC Dansal, Surieya Begum DDC Bari Brahmana, Th. Yashvardhan Singh, Rakesh Singh Raka,  Rita Gupta, Dilshad Malik, Chander  Udhay Singh , Ravi Dogra, Ashok Kumar Attri,  S. Tejinder Singh, Pinky Khalsa, Zamir Quershi, Nitish Gowsami, Yaseen Malik, Som Raj Taroch, Devi Dayal Yogi, S. Parvinder Singh,  Ashok Dogra, Rashida Begum, Jatin Bhat, Reyaz Ahmed Hakala, Sahil Kerni,

They apprised Dr Farooq Abdullah about the problems being faced by the people of Jammu region  in absence of popular Govt and also due to hollow policies of present dispensation Threadbare discussions were held on upcoming elections Dr Farooq Abdullah along with party leaders also visited the residence of Pyare Lal Handoo former Minister to condole the untimely and sad demise of his son Rajinder Handoo and conveyed sympathy.

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