Sopore, Aug 27: All India Congress Committee J&K Incharge & MP Rajani Patil on Sunday reiterated that the party shall continue to fight for “restoration” of democratic rights in J&K and asked the BJP government to restore statehood to J&K with all constitutional guarantees, without any further loss of time
“Nation is yearning for the big change, and it is imperative that people should unite to defeat the deceitful and divisive policies of the BJP in 2024 Lok Sabha elections,” she said while addressing a daylong party workers’ convention at Sopore segment of north Kashmir’s Baramulla district.
The Congress leader said, “BJP is ruling the country in a dictatorial way while making every effort to assault and erode the authority of the democratic institutions, which stand guarantee to safeguarding people’s rights. The democratic institutions reflect the beauty of our great nation and it will always remain paramount for the Congress to safeguard these in the larger interests of the public.”
JKPCC President Vikar Rasool Wani presided over the convention while CWC Members G A Mir, Tariq Hameed Karra, JKPCC Working President Raman Bhalla, AICC Joint Secretary Manoj Yadav addressed the convention. Senior party leader and former legislator Haji Abdul Rashid Dar organised the convention, the party said in a statement issued here.
Addressing the convention, the AICC J&K Incharge castigated the BJP for “divisive and hate politics”. “This is the right time for all Indians to wake up to defeat the designs of the BJP and extend full support to Congress Party which feels the pain and anguish amongst the public,” she said.
Patil said, “Rahul Gandhi’s Bharat Jodo Yatra has spread the message of love and affection, which the BJP could not digest and is out to launch a malicious propaganda against the Congress. BJY has connected people.”
JKPCC president Vikar Rasool Wani while addressing the convention laid emphasis on launching door-to-door campaigns and seeking people’s full support to defeat the BJP and its “offshoots who have been assigned the task to mislead and divert the attention of the people from the real issues”.
Former JKPCC president and CWC Member G A Mir highlighted the services and sacrifices of the Congress Party and the Gandhi family for the nation and told the convention to take the message of BJY to every household, which is based on love, peace and unity.
CWC member Tariq Hameed Karra slammed the BJP government at the Centre for depriving people of their democratic rights to “hide its utter failures”. JKPCC Working President Raman Bhalla made a fervent appeal to the people of J&K to “gear up to defeat the BJP in the forthcoming elections be it the ULB, Panchayat, assembly, or Lok Sabha”.
