The 42nd death anniversary of Pandit Prem Nath Dogra was observed today at party headquarters in which rich tributes were paid by the senior leaders and party workers.BJP National Executive Member & Leader of Legislative Party Ashok Khajuria, while paying homage to Pt. Prem Nath Dogra, described him as a person of very high stature who was not only leader of Jana Sangh but a widely accepted leader of masses. Pt. Prem Nath Dogra was equally respected by his political opponents like Bakshi Ghulam Mohd. , Mir Qasim, Sheikh Abdullah and others.
Khajuria said that the new generation of party workers must make Pt. Dogra as their role model and follow his footsteps to achieve our goal of full integration of J&K state with rest of the country, strengthening democracy and secularism in the state. Pt. Prem Nath Dogra had laid down his life in the service of common man, particularly down-trodden sections of the society. He also worked as president of Harijan Sevak Sangh beside working as president of Sanatan Dharam Sabha and Brahmin Sabha Jammu province. As an MLA his speeches and parliamentary behavior was par excellence. Ashok Kaul, Chander Mohan Sharma, Kavinder Gupta, Rajiv Jasrotia, Mohan Singh Chauhan, Er. Ghulam Ali Khatana, Aseem Gupta, Arun Chhibber, Sanjay Khanna, Sanjay Baru, Ravinder Raina, Sheela Handoo, Karan Sharma, Ajay Pargal, Bhanu Jasrotia, Ajay Vaid, Ashish Sareen and others also paid their tributes.