Nehru played historical role in J&K ‘s accession – Congress

Nehru ‘s role in accession unforgettable- Bhalla 

Jammu, May 27 : Jammu and Kashmir Pradesh Congress paid rich tributes to the first prime minister Pt Jawahar lal Nehru and lauded his historical role, far- sightedness and efforts towards the rejection of two nation theory on Jammu & Kashmir leading to the accession of  state with India. 

 An impressive function was held  here today at PCC HQ  Shahidi Chowk Jammu which was presided over by JKPCC Working President Shri Raman Bhalla and attended by  Former Ministers  Shri Mula Ram, Yogesh Sawhney, Th. Balwan Singh (Ex-MLA), Ravinder Sharma(Ex-MLC),  Th. Manmohan Singh,     Ved Mahajan(Ex-MLC),  Vinod Sharma,  Hari Singh Chib,  Narinder Sharma, Narinder Gupta,  Sanjeev Panda, Neeraj Gupta, Shiv Kumar Sharma, Vijay Sharma, Suresh Dogra, Parveen Sarwar Khan,  Dwarka Choudhary, Rajinder Singh Jamwal , Vijay Shastri,  Ajay Lakhotra (NSUI),  Thomas Khokhar, Sahil Sharma,  Krishan Lal Gupta, Ajaib Motton, Sandeep Dogra, M.S. Bedi,  Dr. R.K. Khajuria, Pawan Dev Singh , Uttam Singh, Rajesh Sharma, Gurmeet Singh, Miss Tamana, Chander Sheikhar, Sushma Choudhary, Jugal Sharma, Ram Parkash Magotra, Ram Magotra, Rahul Tandan and others.

 Paying floral tributes, Shri Raman Bhalla  recalled the great contributions of Pt Jawahar Lal Nehru in the freedom struggle and in laying the foundations of free India as a strong democratic, secular and progressive nation, for which he is rightly known as the architect of modern India. 

Bhalla  denounced attempts by the ruling party and it’s sister concerns to distort the historical facts about the role played by the great stalwart in the freedom struggle and in the building of modern India especially his historical contributions, in bringing Jammu and Kashmir , into the Indian fold at the crucial times. 

He said that no one can deny or belittle the visionary  role played by Pt Nehru in defeating the designs of propounder of two nation  theory  Mr Jinnah over Kashmir.  It was his far- sightedness and his great efforts which ultimately succeeded in lending the popular support in Jammu and Kashmir towards its accession with India by Maharaja Hari Șingh on 26th Oct, 1947.

He said BJP and its ministers are trying to distort facts and confuse the Indian minds about the vital role of Pt Nehru in attaining goal of accession of Jammu and Kashmir, with India, rejecting the two nation theory, despite a Muslim majority state bordering Pakistan, which  strengthened the  credentials of India as a truly secular country. 

Shri Mula Ram in his address described Pt. Nehru as the tallest leaders of Modern times after Mahatma Gandhi. He said that contribution of Pt. Nehru to bring the state of J&K to the fold of Indian nation can’t be forgotten and there is need to expose the distortions being made by certain forces for vested political interests. He also lamented those who try to belittle the contributions of Pt. Nehru as leader of freedom struggle and as leader of the nation, who not only shaped the future of India but played the very vital rule in the world politics and was instrumental in the creation of third order in the world in the shape of NAM which emerged as a powerful block in the global politics.

Shri Yogesh Sawhney  described Pt. Nehru as a great visionary and architect who laid the foundation of Modern India. He said that the building of a democratic, social and political system was his principal objectives. For him political democracy was a means of solving social problems. He laid the foundation of Panchayati Raj and Community development programmes because he believed that first objective of the state was social welfare and empowerment of the people. He started planning system paving way to growth of public sector with massive investment in basic and heavy industries and resolved into industrialization of the country

Paying rich tributes to Pt. Nehru Ravinder Sharma said that in recent times Nehru’s legacy has been under attack from his detractors, who are the ideological descendants of the Non- participants in the freedom struggle. It is time that the congressmen and all those who are aware of the great contributions of Pt. Nehru in the freedom struggle and as a leader of this nation, come together to counter those forces, who are trying to distort history, so that the generation to come are not misinformed and misguided regarding the core values that he represented and stood for.  He asked the party functionaries of all levels to educate the masses about the principles and achievements of Pt. Nehru and other great leaders of this country and expose the false propaganda of the communal and divisive forces in the State.  

Th. Balwan Singh while  paying floral tribute described Pt. Nehru as the tallest leader of his time, whose contribution in the freedom struggle and as first prime minister can never be forgotten. He said that contribution of Pt. Nehru to bring the state of J&K to the fold of Indian nation can’t be forgotten and there is need to expose the distortions being made by certain forces for vested political interests. He also lamented those who try to belittle the contributions of Pt. Nehru as leader of freedom struggle and as  leader of the nation.

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