DOGRA HERALD BUREAU
kathua, Apr 2
BJP is the only political party that took substantial steps to meet the needs of all sections and all communities in all regions, said Ashok Koul, General Secretary (organization), Bharatiya Janata Party, Jammu & Kashmir.
Ashok Koul, and Er Abdul Ghani Kohli, former Minister welcomed more than 50 persons belonging to the Gujjar community into the party fold and later interacted with them at Hiranagar.
Rajinder Bakshi, General Secretary Kissan Morcha district Kathua, BJP District Vice President Kathua Sunil Katoch, Shakti Kendra Incharge Tarsem Chib, and other local leadership of Hiranagar, Kathua were present on the occasion.
Bashir Ahmed, Makhan Din, Alhim Din, Nazir Gujar, Roshan Din and others were among the prominent to join on the occasion.
Ashok Koul, while welcoming the new entrants, said that parties like NC, PDP, and Congress have enjoyed the liberty to loot the resources of the state for 70 years. He said that these parties misguided the public and the communities like Gujjar-Bakerwals, SCs, OBCs, and others to meet their political aspirations but never cared for their welfare at the ground level. He said that the BJP is the only political party that took substantial steps to meet the needs of all sections and all communities in all regions.
“Now, recognizing the truth that only the Modi government has taken the necessary steps for public welfare, more and more people are daily joining the BJP to strengthen the hands of Modi ji. The members of communities like Gujjar-Bakerwals, SCs, OBCs, and Paharis must also work as ambassadors of BJP to continue these welfare works with even more pace in the future”, said Ashok Koul.
Abdul Ghani Kohli recalled the time when the members of the Gujjar-Bakerwal community had no real socio-economic security in this part of the country. He lamented that despite all the modern infrastructure and facilities, the community members were denied even the basic rights to live their lives with dignity. It is the Modi government, he said, that has empowered the community with more than 70 schemes for the welfare of the community, besides providing political reservation to the ST community in J&K.
