Bishnah, Sept 29: Working president J&K Congress Mr Mohinder Bhardwaj has said that yesterday’s visit of AICC general secretary Mrs Priyanka Gandhi to this border constituency is going to be a gamechanger for the Congress-National Conference alliance in the entire Jammu region and in particular in rural sub-region of which Bishnah is a pivot. He said that the overwhelming response which her visit evoked among the people and their mood has demoralised the BJP.
Bhardwaj said that a pro-Congress atmosphere was created with the visit of leader of opposition Rahul Gandhi to Jammu during which he addressed a successful public meeting and more importantly interacted with a very responsive gathering of intellectuals and opinion makers of Jammu. He said that Gandhi’s last minute public meeting with Bishnah has proved to be an icing on the cake which has created a Congress wave in the entire border belt of the sub-region.
Referring to the thrustful manner in which she raised the plethora of issues and problems being faced by people of Jammu and Kashmir, and Jammu in particular, he said it has further brought clarity in the people’s mind regarding Congress’s commitment to resolve their problems right from the granting back of statehood, to protecting land and employment rights particularly with reference to the Agniveer scheme, agricultural stress, installation of electronic power meters and a failed civic system. He said that the impressive manner in which Gandhi reflected on these problems backed by facts and figures, has strengthened people’s belief as to how serious Congress and its top leadership has been to fight for their cause.
“With Rahul Gandhi during the course of his interactions in Jammu openly declaring that he will be advocating Jammu and Kashmir’s cause in Parliament with full might and Priyanka Gandhi throwing her weight behind him to raise these issue from public and party platforms, there is no doubt in people’s mind that Congress, as has already been doing, will take up the cause of Jammu and Kashmir more vigorously. With the election of Congress MLAs and formation of Congress-National Conference alliance government, this fight will have an added dimension- from Parliament to Assembly to the roads, ” he said.
