Rajiv was architect of Panchayat Raj: Congress

Congress launches campaign for Panchayats elections on Rajiv Gandhi’s death anniversary.

JAMMU, May 21, 2023: Paying Rich tributes to former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi on his 32^nd martyrdom day  in an impressive function held here today at Mahajan Hall  Shalamar Road Jammu, Congress today launched its campaign for the forthcoming PRI elections in the UT, describing Rajiv Gandhi as the architect of Panchayat Raj in the country.

Hundreds of representatives from Panchayats and Urban Bodies and all senior leaders of the party including former Ministers, Former Legislators, DCC Presidents, Corporators, Councilors, DDCs and BDCs, Frontal Wings, Blocks and Wards Presidents attended the  function which was chaired by President JKPCC Shri Vikar Rasool Wani,  and attended by Working President Shri Raman Bhalla, Former Dy C.M. Shri Tara Chand, Former PCC President Shri Peerzada Mohd Sayeed, Former Minister  Shri Mula Ram, Shri G.N. Monga(EX-MLC), T.S. Bajwa (EX-MP), Smt. Kanta Bhan, Yogesh Sawhney(Ex-Minister, Ravinder Sharma(Ex-MLC), Manmohan Singh,  Rajnish Sharma, Th. Balbir Singh (Ex-MLC), Shabir Ahmned Khan( Ex-Minister),  Gurbachan Kumari Rana (Ex-Minister), Indu Pawar (Ex-MLA), Vinod Sharma, Shameema Raina, M.K. Bhardwaj,  DCC Presidents – Krishan Chander Bhagat (EX-MLA), Ashok Dogra Ex-MLA, Hari Singh Chib, Pankaj Dogra, Sheikh Mujeeb, Sanjeev Sharma, Rajesh Sadotra, Dina Nath Bhagat (Ex-MLA),  Pawan Raina, Shashi Sharma, Sanjeev Panda, Narinder Sharma, Narinder Gupta,  Gurdarshan Singh, Shiv Kumar Sharma, Vijay Sharma, Kuldeep Raj Verma, Manjeet Singh Jatt, Ch. Hussain Waffa, Sain Rashid (DDC), Anayatullah Rather (DDC), Zahida Khan, Parveen Sarwar Khan,  Karan Bhagat, Satish Sharma, Bushan Dogra., Shakeel Mir, Sheikh Riaz (DDC) , Dwarka Choudhary, Naresh Sharma , Rajinder Singh Nathu , Vijay Shastri,  Parveen Sarwar Khan, Ajay Lakhotra(NSUI), , Thomas Khokhar, Kapil Singh, Sahil Sharma, Rajvir Singh, Bilal Ahmed, Krishan Lal Gupta, Shakeel Shah, Bhupinder Singh, Vijay Tagotra (BDC), Balbir Singh, Badri Nath, Ajaib Motton, Ritu Choudhary, Rajinder Singh Jamwal, Babal Gupta, Subash Bhagat,Rajesh Sharma Jatin Raina, Rajesh Gupta, Dr. R.K. Khajuria, Rajan Sharma Vinod Khajuria, Parshotam Mehra, Surinder Khajuria, Ashok Bakshi Sandeep Dogra, Vandana Sharma, and others.

Addressing the gathering PCC Chief Vikar Rasool Wani recalled the services of  Shri Rajiv Gandhi as the youngest Prime Minister who gave the vision to the youth of the Country of the challenges of the 21^st Century and brought IT and Telecom revolution, lowered the voting age to 18 years to empower the youths.

He was the architect of Panchayat Raj system in the country and giving constitutional status and powers through 73^rd and 74^th amendments thus ensuring 33 percent reservations to the women and proportional representation to the SCs and STs in all three tiers of the Panchayat Raj system . He transferred the powers to the people at the grass root level.

Launching the party’s campaign for the forthcoming PRI elections in J&K, he exhorted  the Party workers to gear up for the Panchayat and ULB elections, as the winds of change have started in the country from Karnataka following the successful Bharat Jodo Yatra led by Shri Rahul Gandhi. Every true  congress man should be ready to respond to the call of the party high command as a disciplined soldier and unitedly fight back to bring congress back to the power to serve the people and defeat the politics of hate and division.

Hitting  out at the BJP for snatching the democratic rights of the people of J&K by downgrading the State and not holding elections to the Assembly for five years, the JKPCC Chief said that our struggle for restoration of state and holding assembly elections shall be intensified.

Working President Raman Bhalla paid rich tributes to the former Prime Minister who sacrificed his life for the nation. He brought about tremendous revolutions in the IT and Telecom sector , gave youths the voting right at 18 years, and revolutionized the Panchayat Raj system in the country.

He said that Panchayats are the backbone of the democracy which is the gift of Rajiv Gandhi to the people and the party shall win the next  Panchayats and Local Bodies elections in  the UT and asked the party workers to launch a vigorous campaign for the same from  today onwards.

Former PCC President and Senior leader Shri Peerzada Mohd Sayed recalled the sacrifices of  Rajiv Gandhi and remembered his contributions in various fields as a result the youth and women were empowered in the country. He said that Congress party is the only secular and progressive force in the country which can keep the country strong and united  and march on the path of progress.

Former Minister Shri Mula Ram in his address paid tributes to Shri Rajiv Gandhi who revolutionized the IT and Telecom sector giving lot of  employment in the country and transforming the life of the people. He said the Panchayat Raj system is the gift of Rajiv Gandhi and the party workers should leave no stone unturned to ensured the victory of party candidates in the ensuing  elections to serve the people.

Shri Ghulam Nabi Monga, former MLC from Panchayats referred to the struggle of the congress party to establish three tier system of Panchayats in Jammu and Kashmir BY incorporating  73^rd and 74^th amendments in J&K laws and said that Congress is committed to democracy and secularism.

All District Presidents and  senior leaders, frontal heads, several representatives of Panchayat and urban bodies spoke on the occasion and paid rich tributes to Rajiv Gandhi recalling his role to establish the present Panchayat Raj in the country.

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