Addressing massive election rally in Poonch, border town in J&K, late last evening, Prof. Bhim Singh, Panthers Party candidate from Udhampur Parliamentary Constituency congratulated the great people of Poonch for maintaining communal harmony and social peace ever since Poonch was liberated from Pakistan with the help of the local people and J&K Rifles in 1948. Prof. Bhim Singh paid tributes to Shri Bandey (awarded Dogra Ratan Award), for having fought against Pak occupation for one year and throwing out the forces of the occupation.Prof. Bhim Singh also congratulated the people of Poonch for resisting the intruders from across the Pakistani border who have been infiltrating to J&K via Poonch because of the laxity of J&K governments since 1965.
Prof. Bhim Singh accused the State and Central governments for their total failure to develop backward and border areas of Rajouri and Poonch. He questioned the sincerity of the Congress and NC towards the people of Rajouri and Poonch who have not been connected with rail in 63 years of independence whereas the government spent Rs.5000 crores to build a rail tunnel from Qazigund to Banihal when Banihal has not been connected with the rail line neither there is any hope for its completion under the Congress rule. He assured the people of Poonch that if they voted him to Parliament he shall fight it out to connect rail from Jammu to Poonch and ensure the ownership to the allottees of the land which was left by the owners in 1947 voluntarily. Prof. Bhim Singh assured the SPOs, contractual employees and daily wagers for regularization of their services in the respective disciplines.
H.C. Jalmeria, Advocate, Panthers Party candidate from Jammu-Poonch Parliamentary Constituency made compassionate appeal for the voters to vote and support Panthers Party in the ongoing Parliamentary election because all the three parties Congress, NC and BJP failed utterly to respond to the aspirations and needs of the people. Anita Thakur, General Secretary appealed to the voters particularly the women for the unprecedented sacrifices of the Panthers workers for the civil and political rights of the women who have been discriminated by the respective governments for decades. She said that Panthers Party alone which urges aspirations, wishes and the needs of the people of Jammu Pradesh who have been remained of their fundamental rights. Others who addressed the rallies in Mendhor, Rajouri and other places included M/s. Pushvinder Singh Manhas, Sr. Young Panthers Vice President, Asfaq Rana, Working District President, Poonch, Tariq Khan, Sr. Vice President, R.P. Sharma, Political Secretary-JKNPP, Ms. Asha Rani, Sr. Scholar in Jammu University & State Secretary, Women Wing-JKNPP.
Addressing a strong rally at Mendhor, 3kms. from LoC in Poonch District this morning Prof. Bhim Singh cautioned the electorates against the dangerous designs of the Congress, NC & BJP, he said that when Congress is mother of corruption, National Conference is mother of terrorism whereas BJP is the mother of communalism in J&K and that is why Panthers Party is the only alternative to the people of Jammu Pradesh in particular so that they shall feel liberated from Sheikh’s family rule. Prof. Bhim Singh also said that his party shall take initiative from Delhi to Islamabad to promote Intra J&K Heart to Heart Talks between the people of J&K and POK so that the situation shall be resolved by the notables of J&K from both sides. He accused Anglo-American Bloc for encouraging terrorism in J&K with intention to destabilize India as the USA did with Yugoslavia, USSR, Afghanistan and several other Afro-Asian countries. He said that the policies of USA need to be checked by the Asian Bloc and that needs a healthy cooperation among SAARC countries with Russian Federation and China. He said that China, Russia and India should join hands against the impending terrorism planted by Anglo-American Bloc against the Afro-Asian countries.