Vayalar Ravi task for politicalizing the Pravasi Bharatiya Divas ( PBD ) - Grewal
5 Dariya News
Ludhiana 10-Jan-2014
National Secretary BJP Kisan Morcha and Prabhari Himachal Pradesh Sukhminderpal Singh Grewal said that Government of India and the Overseas Indian Affairs Ministry led by Mr. Vayalar Ravi is working as to politicalizing the Pravasi Bharatiya pas held at New Delhi. In a press statement here today, Grewal stated that all Congress party leaders of the ruling party excluding the opposition were invited in this Pravasi Bharatiya pas. He said that the Pravasi Bharatiya pas was started during the Bharatiya Janata Party ( BJP ) rule under the worthy leadership of Prime Minister Hon'ble Shri. Atal Bihari Vajpayee but no invitation was extended to the Overseas Affairs wing of the BJP, this is unfair and unacceptable since Pravasi Bharatiya pas ( PBD ) is a non partisan program of Government of India. He said that the Government of India and the Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs led by Union State Minister ( Independent Charge) Mr. Vayalar Ravi should desist from making Pravasi Bharatiya pas solely a Congress Party Affairs. Grewal said that Pravasi Bharatiya pas ( PBD ) is not the sole property right of ruling Congress Party. He said that the Heads of all Indian political parties managing and coordinating Overseas Affairs should be officially invited by Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs. He said that recently on 6 January 2014 by OFBJP organized a one day successful conference of Overseas Indians attended by 158 delegates from 32 countries across the globe. And addressed by Senior BJP Leaders Hon'ble Sh. Lk Advani, Sh. Rajnath Singh, Sh. Jaswant Singh, Sh. Arun Jaitley, Sh. Venkaiyah Naidu and Dr. Harsh Vardhan.