Jammu January 18 (KNS):- Today, as part of nationwide call of All India Congress Committee, Padayatra was taken out by the hundreds of Jammu and Kashmir Pradesh Congress workers under the leadership of JKPCC Chief Shri Tariq Hameed Karra accompanied by the AICC General Secretary Shri G.A. Mir, AICC Incharge Jammu and Kashmir Affairs Shri Bharatsinh Solanki, PCC Working Presidents Shri Tara Chand, Shri Raman Bhalla and a large number of Senior leaders and party office bearers, former ministers/Ex-Legislators , Frontal Wings, District Presidents carrying pla cards of their demands and raising strong slogans against the Centre government especially Home Minister Amit Shah for his derogatory remarks in Parliament against Dr. Baba Sahib Ambedkar.
Other prominent among those who took part in the Yatra included S/Shri AICC Secretary Manoj Yadav, Ved Mahajan, Neeraj Kundan-Secretary AICC, Indu Pawar, Yash Paul Kundal, Rajnish Sharma, Naresh Gupta, Shabir Ahmed Khan, Iftikhar Ahmed-MLA, Dina Nath Bhagat, Aakash Bharat-PYC President, Bhushan Dogra, T.S. Tony, Shashi Sharma, Narinder Sharma,Satish Dogra, Balbir Singh, Amrit Bali, Sanjeev Sharma, Sheikh Mujeeb, Pravez Wani, Ashok Bhagat, Shiv Kumar Sharma, Vijay Sharma (Seva Dal), Zahida Khan, Ajay Lakhotra-NSUI President, Gurdarshan Singh, Ch. Hussain Waffa, Ashwani Puri, Bhavishya Sudan, Babal Gupta, K.D. Singh, Ashok Bhagat, Sanjeev Panda, Sahil Sharma, Kapil Singh, Jatin Raina, Ch. Dwarka, Vijay Shastri, Shamsher Chand, Tamana Heer, Ricky Dalotra, Sunil Thapa, Rajesh Sharma, and others.
While addressing the workers at the statue of Baba Sahib Bhim Rao Ambedkar JKPCC President Tariq Hameed Karra reminded the workers about the role of RSS and it’s subsidiaries regarding their role during Independence struggle. He said those who are parroting about their Nationalism today are the same people who collaborated with the Britishers to frustrate Independence struggle and worked as their agents and informers to facilitate Britishers to crackdown on the Nationalistic leadership of Indian National Congress and it’s country wide Independence movement.
Karra further said that the people who are hell bent to create a new narrative of Nationalism by imposing politics of hate in place of Inclusivity, dividing people on the basis of religion caste and creed are performing the worst kind of dis-service to the Nation. Their age old divisive politics is being preached and practiced day in and day out now, which has not only made the country a fragile country but has lowered it’s hard earned esteem world over. Their mantra of giving paramount preference to party on National Interest has cost the country immensely which has assumed dangerous proportions and hence becomes unwavering responsibility of all Congressmen across the country to stop the menace of hate at all levels.Click Here To Follow Our WhatsApp Channel
He also said the party will organise 'Chaupals' in every district and educate the people about how the BJP-RSS has been insulting Ambedkar and demeaning the Constitution for last decade.
He further added "To safeguard legacy of Dr. Bhim Rao Ambedkar and his values, a 'Samvidhan Bachao Rashtriya Padayatra' which was held today will be connecting villages and towns across Jammu and Kashmir with a powerful message of unity and social justice," "We reiterate our demand to sack Home Minister Amit Shah for his derogatory remarks against Dr Ambedkar," in case he does not tender his apology, he added.
Speaking on this occasion Shri Solanki said that Indian National Congress (INC) remains unwavering in its demand for the resignation of Home Minister Amit Shah and congress strongly condemns the attempts to erode social justice and equality, which are the fundamental pillars of Ambedkar’s vision for India. He said Congress party has launched Dr. Ambedkar Samman Saptah to honour Baba Saheb Ambedkar’s contribution and to highlight the present threats to his legacy and constitutional principles.
He further said that Congress will take forward this movement to every nook and corner under the slogan of “Jai Bapu, Jai Bhim, Jai Samvidhan Abhiyan. This campaign is aimed at honouring and protecting the legacy of Mahatma Gandhi, Dr. B.R. Ambedkar and the values enshrined in our constitution.
Shri G A Mir in his address said that the insulting words used by Home Minister India for the author of constitution was not insult to a particular section of society but it is an insult to the entire nation as the Constitution was not written for few chosen ones. The state has no religion and a nation is guided and run by certain sacred rules and regulations called Constitution which upholds the sovereignty of the state and gives its subjects their rights and duties above all religions, regions, class, creed, colour and their way of living.
He (Mir) emphasized the urgency to preserve, protect and promote legacy of Mahatma Gandhi and Dr. B.R. Ambedkar and uphold the values of the Constitution. And to achieve this objective Congress party has launched a massive outreach campaign throughout the country called the Samvidhan Bachao Rashtriya Padayatra.(KNS)