Nehru's role in the accession of Jk with India is historical- Bhalla

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.

Several functions at Districts and Block level were held all over J&K. An impressive function was organized by the District congress committee Jammu Urban led by Th. Manmohan Singh at PCC HQ ,which was presided over by JKPCC working President Shri Raman Bhalla and attended by Sr. Vice President & Chief Spokesperson Shri Ravinder Sharma , PCC Vice Presidents Shri Ved Mahajan, Rajnish Sharma (Treasurer), Pranav Shagotra, PCC General Secretaries Pawan Raina, Shashi Sharma, Narinder Gupta, Amrit Bali, Suresh Kumar Dogra, S. Gurmet Singh, Satish Sharma, Thomas Khokhar, PCC Secretaries Sanjeev Sharma(Panda), Rajveer Singh, Hoshyar Singh, Michael Wazir, Dwarka Choudhary, Vijay Shastri Dr. Ramakant Khajuria, Pritam Singh, Sonu Dogra, Ram Prakash Magotra, Vijay Singh Chib, Atul Sharma, Sat Pal Spolia, Com. Gurmeet Singh, Anil Kumar, Pawan Sharma, Camres David and other DCC and BCC functionaries.

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 lauded the visionary role played by Pt Nehru in defeating the designs of two nation theory by 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 ?ingh on 26th Oct, 1947.

Bhalla 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.

Shri Ravinder Sharma 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 Ved Mahajan (Vice President) said that the building of a democratic, social and political system was Pt. Nehru’s 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.

Shri Rajnish Sharma (Mian) described Pt. Nehru as a true democrat and nationalist with global outlook. He was a builder of institutions of excellence like IITs that truly empowered the younger generations of India to become the globally competitive and recognized. He described him a charismatic leader, whose contributions can never be forgotten. He lashed at the Communal and fundamentalist forces, who are trying to destroy the social and secular fabric of this nation.

Th. Manmohan 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.