Jyoti Vaid along with scores of women joined Congress

Jammu, September 01-: Congress received shot on the arm today especially in Jammu Urban District when Senior Aam Admi Party  Leader Jyoti Vaid along with hundreds of women have joined  the Congress party alongwith their supporters  here today at PCC HQ Shaheedi Chowk Jammu.  They were  welcomed in the party by JKPCC President Shri Vikar Rasool Wani along with Working President Shri Raman Bhalla and other prominent leaders Th. Manmohan Singh, Ved Mahajan,  Pranav Shagotra, Pawan Raina, Shashi Sharma, Balbir Singh, Anoop Gupta, Hoshiar Singh, Ricky Dalotra, Jatin K. Raina, Rajvir Singh, Dr. R.K. Khajuria, Michael Wazir, Gurmit Singh, Chander Shekhar, Atul Sharma, Sushant Gupta, Camres David Babloo, Nassir Masih and others.  JKPCC Chief Vikar Rasool Wani while welcoming them said  that  Congress Party is an instrument of service to the people, which has remained dedicated to the cause of serving the people. He said Congress party believes in strengthening the people and is committed to equitable development of the UT. He said Congress Party is duty bound to address the urges and aspirations of the people, for the fact, it is the Congress Party alone which has always taken care of the urges and aspirations of the people.

Congress has been pioneer in implementing revolutionary programmes aimed at improving the conditions of the people. He described BJP dispensation as anti-poor and anti development, saying due to anti-people polices of BJP,  the sufferings of the common man  increased manifold. The insensitive government pushed people to the wall, as unemployment has increased, prices have risen and developmental activities have suffered a lot. He claimed that BJP  Government pushed back State in all sectors and no progress has been recorded in the core sectors like PHE, PDD, R&B, Health, Education, etc during last more than nine years.  He said the BJP has been instrumental in adding to the miseries of people. In an atmosphere of uncertainty and political instability, the people of the UT in general and Jammu region in particular are passing through most difficult times. He lashed out at the BJP Govt. for crushing the poor and  the common man under huge taxes leading to record price rise, property tax, toll tax, smart meters, large scale unemployment and arbitrary downgrading of the historical state. All sections of the society are resenting  against the  dictatorial policies of the Modi Govt., be they common man, unemployed youth, students, traders, transporters, adhoc, contractual, daily wagers, need based, pensioners, and others but the  centre Govt. and the UT administration are insensitive and indifferent to the genuine demands of the different sections.

He said Congress party shall aggressively continue to raise the issues of different sections of people  and seek  early restoration of statehood.  Shri Raman  Bhalla in his address said that the people of Jammu region feel utterly cheated and betrayed for the failure of BJP leaders to represent and agitate their concerns. Bhalla said that people who want to contribute to the political discourse and development of the JK UT  must become part of the Congress’s growth story. The doors are open for the people who want to contribute in the party’s efforts to see the state out of the present mess,” he said. “Congress is committed for the people’s cause and will always uphold their aspirations and sentiments”.  He said that BJP government in J&K miserably failed to live up to the expectations of the people.

There was a strong resentment among the people against previous government as it has not fulfilled its promises made at the time of Assembly elections. There was anger among people. The BJP played with the sentiments of the people who voted them to power. People were not happy with their policies and the government proved to be a failure. Despite people hitting streets against governance deficit, lack of development and failure of the government to deliver on the promises made to the people of the Jammu and Kashmir, Govt did not move even an inch proving callousness of this anti-people Govt.   Prominent who joined included Madhu Abrol, Arun Abrol, Som Raj,Parwinder Kour, Meenu Sharma, Baby Gupta, Nishu Gupta, Kamla Sharma, Anju Devi, Veena Devi, Kailosho Devi, Babloo, Varun Mehra, Rajan Sharma, Ajay Vaid, Priya, Ritu and others.    Those who joined the party, today said they realized and understood the reality  that Congress is the only real alternative and a strong platform for each and every sections of the society being a truly secular and progressive grand old party. They expressed full faith on the policies and programmes of Congress party and its leadership Shri Malikarjun Kharge,  Smt. Sonia Gandhi and Shri Rahul Gandhi.

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