Arif Qureshi
RAJOURI, JANUARY 16: B Prominent workers of Bharatiya Janata Party, today jointed Indian National Congress in presence of Former Minister and District President Rajouri Shabir Ahmed Khan and pledged to work for serving the people as per policies and programmes of the party.
Welcoming the new entrants into the party fold, Former Minister Shabir Ahmed Khan said that Congress is the only choice for all those who want steer the state to peace, progress and development. He greeted them and hoped they will reach out to the people and serve them by getting redressal to their problems
Speaking on the occasion, khan said , “ Inhuman atmosphere was being generated and mistrust created by bringing the people and the regions eyeball to eyeball situation over various sensitive issues”.
“We decry the politics of hate and divide”, he said while cautioning the people against divisive politics being played by BJP-PDP which has already alienated Kashmir from the mainstream.
Khan blamed both PDP and BJP for exploiting people by playing with their emotions on good governance drama staged by them. He claimed that both the parties have lost the ground miserably. He said that Congress Party stands guarantee to the equitable development of all the three regions and the people. It will continue to serve the people to the best of its ability. He, while speaking on the occasion, said that there was complete chaos prevailing in the state due to misrule by the coalition government in the state, which disturbed the socio political scenario of the state to a great extent, he said.“Congress party is committed to resolve the issues confronting people and to fight against discrimination against people. It would continue to remain steadfast in serving the people.
He described the previous PDP-BJP Government in Jammu and Kashmir as an abject failure, saying the coalition was plagued by distractions that has slowed down the process of development and left the governance in paralytic mode. He added that the slogan of development was just a façade, as the major concern of the insensitive alliance was how to remain glued to power. Khan said, people of Peer Panjal Region were highly dejected due to misgovernance, nepotism, favouritism and lack of development. He particularly referred to the disillusionment of the people in Rajouri and said the self-centric BJP ,PDP has betrayed their mandate and had nothing to claim except delivering broken promises.
Those BJP workers joined Congress today Including Vishal Chanden,Pankaj Chanden,Inderjit Sharma, Rajiv Kumar,Tajinder Singh,Komal Chanden,Balkrishan Sharma,Lovish Verma,Raj Kumar Chanden, Sanjay Kumar Chanden, Vijay Kumar Chanden,Rinku Chanden, Sunny Chanden and others
