DAILY EXCELSIOR, JAMMU MONDAY, MARCH 25, 2019 (PAGE 7)

Former Deputy CM, Kavinder Gupta addressing a meeting inBahu Fort area on Sunday.

Former Minister, Surjeet Singh Slathia addressing a publicmeeting at Vijaypur on Sunday.

Excelsior Correspondent

JAMMU, Mar 24: Taking adig at the Congress leaders ofKathua for making vague state-ments in absence of anythingconcrete to claim, BJP StateSpokesperson & Media inchargefor Udhampur Lok SabhaConstituency, Balbir Ram Rattantoday said that during the fiveyears tenure of sitting Member ofParliament (MP), Dr JitendraSingh, this district has witnessedunprecedented development.

Balbir said that it has becomea daily routine of Congress lead-ers hailing from district Kathuato make statements just for polit-ical survival but in practical noneof them has something whichmay go into their credit. He saidthat the people cannot bebefooled any more in this era ofcommunication boom butCongress men are still havingsame misconception of gettingfavour of the voters, whichwould now remain a dream.

"While Congress was inpower for more than fivedecades, its leaders even don't

have five achievements to claimduring all these years but the sit-ting MP has brought revolutionin entire ParliamentaryConstituency with Kathua wit-nessing massive development",Balbir said and added that thereis a long list of works done by thesitting MP and Congress leadersmust go through them beforegoing public with baseless andfalse statements.

Elaborating on the five years'achievements of the sitting MP,Dr Jitendra Singh, Balbir RamRattan said that Shahpur KandiProject was taken into hand afterlong delay of 40 years, NorthIndia's first Bio-Tech Park wasestablished in Kathua, KeediyanGandyal Inter-State Bridge con-structed on war footing and dedi-cated to public, Medical Collegein Kathua is under construction,opened passport offices, work isin progress for Seed ProcessingPlant, Sulabh Shouchalaya toiletshave been constructed nearHiranagar-Kathua InternationalBorder, Kathua got distinction ofbeing declared best district inimplementation of Beti BachaoBeti Padao Scheme, KathuaRailway Platform upgraded withmore facilities for commutersand development of DreamlandPark for public recreation are justtip of the iceberg and numerousmega projects were initiated andmany of them are near comple-tion in Udhampur, Reasi and erst-while Doda districts.

Balbir Ram Rattan said that itis infact will and concern for thepeople which makes the electedrepresentative to work. The sit-ting MP of BJP displayed hisconcern from the day first to last,even on the last working daybefore imposition of Model Codeof Conduct, Dr Singh got sanc-tioned setting up of mobile tow-ers along International Border inJammu.

Dignitaries releasing catalogue of KPBB at Jammu onSunday.

Seminar-cum-awarenesscamp for blood donation held

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JAMMU, Mar 24: A semi-nar-cum-awareness camp forblood donation was organizedby KP Blood Bank.

On the occasion, awarenesswas given to the hundreds ofpeople who thronged the venuefrom different nooks and cor-ners of the city.

The programme startedwith the citation of lamp bychief guests Sameer Mattoo,Director Health ServicesJammu and IGP CRPF VKSingh.

Founder of KPBB AshwaniSadhu apprised the gatheringabout the latest informationand unknown facts relating toblood requirements to theneedy people.

A nukad show was present-ed by Vomedh Rangmanchunder the direction of itsFounder Rohit Bhat.Sensational Voice of IndiaStazin Edzes (Barbie)enthralled the audience bysinging a patriotic song.

Catalogue of KP Bloodbank was released by the dig-nitaries, which was later dis-tributed among the gathering.

On the occasion Star per-formers Award were presentedto Sandeep Tickoo, DeepakBhat, Akshay Koul, MohitSumbly, Sunil Bhat, VeenaBhat Pandita, Satish dhar, RitaDhar, Sunny Thusoo,Meenakshi Kaul, VikramKoul, Dr Pankaj Koul, VikasPandita, Dimple koul,Ravinder Tickoo, Gitika Bajaj,Sanjay Raina, Ramesh Koul,Sunny Mohan Sadhu andJotika Koul Sadhu for theirexemplary service to mankindapart from blood donations.Blood donors awards werepresented to Naveen Kachroo,Ashish Koul, Sandeep Tickoo,Rakesh Pandita, Aneel Ji,Jagdish Chander, VikasAdgotra, Akshay Koul,Surinder Kak, Arvin Koul,Sandeep Safaya, SanjayZutshi, Ajay Takoo, AdityaParimoo, Ravinder Tickoo,Ramesh Koul, Rajinder KumarGanjoo, Arun Bhat for blooddonations in emergency.

KPBB also gave Award ofGratitude to Ashram SwamiNand Bab Sahib, Shree AkakhSahiba Trust, Ajay Takoo,Owner Asha Bhawan Banquet,Vomedh Rangmanch, StenzinEdzes (Barbie), Bindia RainaTickoo, renowned anchor,

Shriya Sadhu, Lavi Sadhu,Falak Koul and Kashvi Tickoofor their performances.

Among others present wereDr Meena Sidhu, HOD BloodBank, Government MedicalColleges Jammu and Dr PawanMalhotra Director-cum-Principal ASCOMS Hospital,who were the guests of honour.

The programme wasanchored by Bindiya Raina, anoted oreator of the State andvote of thanks was presentedby Ashwani Sadhu FounderKPBB.

A scene from Dogri play ‘Saas Puran’ staged at AbhinavTheater on Sunday. -Excelsior/Rakesh

Dogri play deconstructs negativesocial perception about mother-in-laws

Lalit GuptaJAMMU, Mar 24: The

myth that all mother-laws arevillainous was effectivelydeconstructed by the Dogriplay 'Saas Puran', which wasstaged as the penultimate per-formance of the ongoingDogri Theater Festival, at theAbhinav Theater, here today.

Written and directed byShashi Bhushan and per-formed under the banner ofSociety for Environment,Education and Modern Art, thedrama, a welcome addition inDogri comedy plays, revolvedaround one gullible housewifeMadhu, who is convinced byher crook servant Kalu that hermother-in-law is planning toremarry her husband as shehas failed to become motherafter seven years of marriage.The negative feedback fromher friends, neighbors, milk-man, TV crew etc., makesMadhu paranoid who thinksthat her mother-on-law wantsto kill her. The play ends withthe mother-law giving her lotsof presents and saying that sheloved Madhu as her own

daughter.The well-paced comedy

with a few fade-outs, came outto be an entertaining affair forthe audience who enjoyed theturns and twists of the plotwhich was enlivened by back-ground music and lightdesign.

Besides the noticeable per-formances by Usha Slathia asMadhu, Shashi Bhushan asMadhu's husband and DeepakSingh, the other members ofthe cast including the twochild actors also supported theproduction very well. Theseincluded as Seema Devi,Tatvagya Bhargav, AnujKhajuria, Daksh Sagoch,Ishika Bali, Harshvardhan,Rajat Dogra, Rakesh Dogra,Shishupal Khajuria, SatvirKour and Ajay Baba, who alsoassisted in direction.

Tomorrow, Dr GianSingh's play Bawa Jitmal byHill Thespian will concludethe Dogri Theater Festival,organized by North zoneCultural Center, Patiala inassociation with J&KAcademy of Art, Culture andLanguages.

DCC Jammu (U) president, Vikram Malhotra addressing apublic meeting in Jammu on Sunday.

Vikram seeks publicsupport for Bhalla

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JAMMU, Mar 24:District Congress Committee(DCC) Jammu Urban president,Vikram Malhotra today soughtpublic support for Congress can-didate from Jammu-Poonch LokSabha constituency, RamanBhalla.

While addressing meeting ofDistrict Congress CommitteeJammu Urban, comprising offunctionaries of blocks andwards and others here today,Malhotra asked party cadre togear up their activities. Hesought public support forCongress candidate.

Malhotra at the same timeasked the field functionaries tostrengthen booth committees intheir respective areas. He alsoasked them to maintain closerapport with the masses of grassroot level and make them awareof the policies and programmesof the Congress party in order to

garner maximum support of thepeople for party candidate,Raman Bhalla.

The DCC leader lashed outat BJP for its U-turn on allimportant commitments madeduring elections and said false-hood of Modi Government hasexposed during his five yearrule. He referred to variousannouncements like to bringback black money and control ofprices of essential commodities.Malhotra said the BJP Govt hasfailed on all fronts and workedfor the benefit of rich and corpo-rate sector only.

Prominent among thoseattended the meeting includedDr Rama Kant Khajuria, MadanLal Malagar, BB Guptam,Pawan Dev Singh, PSChouhan, Thomas Khokhar,Jyoti Vaid, Nazir Ahmed,Padmani Langeh, PrabhaSalathia, Chanchal Popli, RituChowdhary, Deepak Mehra, J LKoul, Vijay Sharma and others.

RTO Jammu addressing awareness camp at Ramban onSunday.

RTO inaugurates orientation cumawareness programme at Ramban

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RAMBAN, Mar 24:Regional Transport OfficerJammu, Dhanatar Singh todayinaugurated one day orientationcum awareness programme inthe premises of GovernmentHigher Secondary SchoolRamban. The programme wasorganized by the Motor VehicleDepartment (MVD), Ramban.

During the special aware-ness programme hundreds ofdrivers, conductors, transportersand students were made awareof traffic rules, basic principlesfor driving on roads.

They were educated on thevarious Traffic and MotorVehicle Rules and impressedupon them to abide by the rules

to face less stringent action.Addressing the gathering,

the RTO said that the driversand conductors are the part andparcel of our society. He soughtcooperation for spreading themessage of road safety andasked all SHOs and First ClassMagistrates to check the viola-tion of traffic rules and motorvehicles Act in their respectiveareas to control road accidents.

ARTO Ramban, MohammadSaleem and other speakersadvised the drivers and conduc-tor to avoid rash driving, overloading, over taking and wrongparking on the road.

On the occasion manyprominent citizens also put forththeir grievances and suggestionsto check the accidental deaths.

BJP launches WhatsApp number forJammu West Assembly Constituency

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JAMMU, Mar 24: StateBharatiya Janata Party (BJP),today launched WhatsApp num-ber for Jammu West AssemblyConstituency to further strength-en the strong bond in betweenthe party and the people.

The WhatsApp number

6006800051 was launched bythe Social Media & IT Unit ofBJP district Jammu West forJammu West AssemblyConstituency in the presence offormer BJP State president andformer Minister, Sat Sharma andMayor Jammu MunicipalCorporation (JMC), ChanderMohan Gupta.

Sat Sharma, while address-ing the BJP activists on the occa-sion, said that ``today we are liv-ing in the age of high-technolo-gy, having source of informationat our fingertips., The technolo-gy also serves the very impor-tant purpose to keep the peopleinformed and well versed withour surroundings''. He asked theparty leaders to inform peopleabout the number, so that itserves its intended purpose. Healso appealed the party workersto make good but judicious useof these modern means of com-munication to gain support forthe emphatic victory of PrimeMinister, Narendra Modi in this

Parliamentary elections. Sharma said that BJP under

the leadership of Prime Minister,Narendra Modi has alwaysremained on the forefront to pro-mote public participationthrough the use of most modernmeans of communication. In thisstream, the BJP Jammu West,Assembly Constituency is today

initiating an exercise to directlyconnect with the masses. He saidthrough the launch of thisWhatspApp number, BJP hasonce again shown its commit-ment towards the commonmasses.

State secretary & districtPrabhari, Praduman Singh, Stateincharge, All Morchas, MunishSharma, State incharge, SocialMedia & IT Department, JaidevRajwal, State additional treasur-er, Prem Gupta, district presi-dent, Ayodhya Gupta, ParneeshMahajan and other senior BJPleaders also spoke on the occa-sion.

Mandal president, VijaySharma, Sahil Koul in chargeJammu West Social Media andIT Department, Sanjeev Sharma,district general secretary,Vistarak Pankaj Sharma, KeshavChopra, Munish Gupta, VinodSingh Wazir, Sumit Malhotra,Sahil Mujoo and all councillorsfrom Jammu West were alsopresent on the occasion.

Oppn alliance conspiracyagainst Dogras: KavinderExcelsior Correspondent

JAMMU, Mar 24: FormerDeputy Chief Minister,Kavinder Gupta campaigned forJugal Kishore Sharma andaddressed many gatherings inBahu area, Satwari and RajivNagar of Gandhi NagarAssembly constituency today.

At Satwari many socialworkers joined BJP. Whileaddressing the gathering,Kavinder Gupta welcomed allthe new entrants into the BJPfamily and termed them asassets to the Party. He furthersaid doors of the party are openfor all those who want to join it."BJP is not a place for fulfillingpersonal ambitions. For us, poli-tics is a medium of social serv-ice. Apart from Government,every individual should makecontribution for social cause. Apolitical worker can do this in abetter way," Gupta added.

He highlighted variousdevelopmental works executedduring his tenure as MLA fromGandhi Nagar and also high-lighted various developmentalworks executed by MP JugalKishore Sharma in Jammu-Poonch Lok SabhaConstituency. The workers inBJP are backbone to the partyand every worker has to play animportant role, Gupta Said. Hecautioned the people about thefalse propaganda of the rivalparties during electioneering.Every citizen of the area isaware of the dubious role of

Congress, NC and PDP. He saidgeneral public is fed up withthese parties who had gone tosuch a low level of politics thatthey are repeatedly questioningthe recent airstrike of Indian AirForce on training centers of mil-itants in Pakistan.

He termed the so calledstrategic alliance of Congress,PDP and NC on the two seats ofJammu division as a step takenout of frustration due to ModiPhobia and said that they haveno issue to face the public. Heasked Jammuites to give a befit-ting reply to such anti Dograconspiracy of these parties.

He said when these partiesfought elections separately inValley why they made alliancein Jammu. This is a conspiracyagainst this region, he added.

He said at every front BJPhas proved itself as a party ofmasses and development. Theinfrastructure and road projectsalong with Central educationand health institutes sanctionedfor Jammu and Kashmir is theoutcome of our representativesin Parliament.

Gupta appealed the voters ofthe area to vote and supportJugal Kishore Sharma fromJammu. Poonch Lok SabhaConstituency and ensure his vic-tory by huge margin to strength-en the Party at Centre, so thatBJP returns to power withthumping majority. BaldevBillawria, district president BJPalso addressed the meetings.

Slathia calls for isolatingcommunal, divisive forces

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SAMBA, Mar 24: NationalConference (NC), State secretaryand former Minister, SurjeetSingh Slathia today called forunited front against divisiveforces, saying unity in diversityhas been strong characteristic ofthe country and the State, whichis to be nurtured by foiling themachinations of elements inimi-cal to brotherhood and peace.

"We have to put in our best tosteer the State out of morass andlead it to peace, progress anddevelopment", Slathia said whileaddressing Sarpanches, Panches,Corporators and N C delegatesfrom the Vijaypur AssemblyConstituency here, this after-noon.

Slathia said Jammu andKashmir has passed through aturbulent phase during the pastfew years with the insensitivePDP-BJP coalition working atcross purposes and in the processignoring the legitimate aspira-tions of the people. He said theState suffered on all fronts andnow all eyes were upon N C tocorrect the wrongs committed bythe insensitive Government dur-ing the past three and half years.

While recalling the role of NC in political empowerment ofthe people and socio-economictransformation of Jammu andKashmir, Slathia dwelt at length

the initiatives taken in strength-ening democracy and forging thebonds of amity between varioussections of the people. He saidSheikh Mohammed Abdullahhad envisioned a strong, prosper-ous and secular State which isenshrined in his famous charterof Naya Jammu and Kashmir.

"This concept continues to beguiding force for the party", hesaid and referred to revolution-ary steps taken under the stew-ardship of Dr Farooq Abdullahand Omar Abdullah in realizingthis vision by empowering thepeople politically, economicallyand educationally. He said N Creflects the genuine urges andaspirations of the people of theState, which is blend of differentfaiths and cultures. "It is a uniqueState representing the ethos ofunity in diversity", he main-tained.

Referring to upcoming elec-tions, Slathia exuded confidencethat the people will ensure victo-ry of Raman Bhalla andVikramaditya Singh with a hugemargin from Jammu-Poonch andU d h a m p u r - K a t h u aParliamentary constituenciesrespectively.

Those who addressed theworkers included NC districtpresident Mohinder Gupta, itsvice president, Vijay Singh andothers. They highlighted theproblems of the people.

Unemployment all time highunder BJP Govt: ManoharExcelsior Correspondent

KATHUA, Mar 24: Formerminister and president DCCKathua, Dr Manohar LalSharma today alleged thatunemployment has reached alltime high under BJPGovernment in the country.

While addressing series ofpublic meetings at Dramni,Harnota, Barota, Nabri, Thantu,Gurha Dandiya, Martiyan,Kalyal, Sarni, Bhaiyaa andBallal, Sharma urged the votersto vote for Congress candidateVikramaditya Singh in the elec-tions.

Lambasting BJP leadershipDr Sharma said that during last 5years unemployment has beenall time high in the State and thecountry. He said BJP Govt hasfailed to provide 2 crores jobsannually that they had promisedin their election manifesto andnow they are telling youths tosell `Pakodas' to hide their fail-ures and promises.

He further said that it is dutyof the Government to provideemployment opportunities to theyouth but the present Govt isdividing the country and youthon communal lines. Dr Sharma

also asked the reason why therehas been no job advertisementfor teachers post in Kathua dis-trict during last 4 years. He saidclosure of RET scheme has fur-ther added to woes.

Dr Sharma mentioned thatduring 2014 election PM Modiwhile addressing an electionrally at Billawar had assuredpeople that if BJP comes topower their area will be givenspecial attention and many newindustries will be set up in thearea so that local youth can getjob opportunities but since BJPcame to power, not even a singlepoll promise has been fulfilledby BJP.

He said that people haveunderstood the nefarious designsof BJP and requested them toraise the questions to BJP lead-ership when they come for votesthat though after giving 5 MLAand 1 MP from Kathua districtwhy their district has been neg-lected on all fronts.

Anirudh Khajuira (NSUIDistt president Kathua),Sarpanches Karan Singh,Neelam Kumari, RameshSapolia, Joginder Kumar, PuranChand and Ramesh Kumar alsospoke on the occasion.

BJP leaders launching WhatsApp number at Jammu on Sunday.

Peoples Conference chairman Sajjad Gani Lone addressingworkers’ meeting in Srinagar.

People want alternative ofNC, PDP in J&K: Sajjad Lone

* Over 100 NC, PDP workers join Peoples ConferenceExcelsior Correspondent

SRINAGAR, Mar 24:Chairman, Peoples ConferenceSajjad Gani Lone today saidthat people of the State arelooking for an alternative ofNational Conference and PDPand Peoples Conference hasemerged as better option forthem.

In a major boost to PeoplesConference in Srinagar, morethan 100 prominent NC andPDP workers from Sonwarjoined Peoples Conference(PC) in presence of party chair-man and other leaders today.

While welcoming the newentrants into the party foldLone said that PC is emergingas a strong and valiant pro-Kashmir and pro-people politi-cal alternative to the traditionalfamily parties asserting there iswidespread realization that PCis the only party which can mit-igate the problems of peopleand take the State on a pathtowards prosperity.

"The people of Srinagarhave been pushed against thewall and are facing a reign ofeconomic persecution. Thegovernance deficit in the previ-ous regimes is responsible foreconomic dissatisfaction andpolitical alienation in Kashmir.There are growing rumblings ofdiscontent with the two parties.Now people of the State areyearning for change, they wantan alternative to NC and PDP totake the State towards peaceand prosperity”, he added.

Those who joined the partyinclude NC Block vice presi-dent Basharat Nazir Bhat, PDPYouth leader Umar MushtaqMir, Halqa president PDPShalimar Gazanfer Hussain,NC Halqa president BalhamYaqoob Abbas, PDP’s MohdSarwar among others.

Urging upon the workersto work with commitment andzeal, Sajjad asked them to servethe people selflessly to usher inan era of prosperity.

Kathua witnessed unprecedenteddevelopment in 5 years: Balbir

Ravinder seeks support for Cong candidateExcelsior CorrespondentNOWSHERA, Mar 24:

Intensifying election campaign,Ravinder Sharma (Ex-MLC),PCC chief spokespersonaddressed series of meetings inNowshera Assembly segmentand sought support for Congresscandidate, Raman Bhalla today.

Addressing party workers atBagnoti, Baja Bain andNowshera, Sharma said thatNarendra Modi has failed on allfronts and the time has comewhen the people should thinkabout the value of their vote atthis critical juncture of Indianhistory. He appealed to the peo-ple to vote for coalition candi-date Raman Bhalla, to ensure anunbeatable lead in votes.

Sharma appealed to theparty workers to join in largenumbers to attend the publicmeeting to be held at Nowsheraon March 26, 2019 which willbe addressed by Congress can-didate for Jammu-Poonch LokSabha seat Raman Bhalla andother senior leaders of the party.

CSD alleges unfair recruitment in new Medical Colleges

Excelsior Correspondent

JAMMU, Mar 24: CivilSociety for Development ofJammu and Kashmir (CSDJ&K) president Puneet Singh

Jamwal today alleged that therecruiting agencies were prefer-ring lower educated over higherqualified candidates in selectionfor newly established fiveGovernment Medical Collegesin J&K.

While addressing a pressconference, here today, heexplained that the new ruleshave made Degree holders ineli-gible for over 1200 Technicaland Paramedical posts in newMedical Colleges. "While thoseinto recruitment have invitedDiploma holders in differentstreams, Degree holders are run-ning from pillar to post," headded.

"This needs to be probed asto why JK Service SelectionBoard (SSRB) is ignoring quali-fications and merit while recruit-ing Nursing, Paramedic and

Technical staff for these fiveupcoming Medical Colleges inthe State," he said.

Seeking to know the reasonbehind giving more weightageto 12th pass over those with

degrees and PG inspecialised sub-jects, PuneetSingh Jamwal saidthat such unfairrecruitment willjeopardise manymedical treat-ments and diagno-sis.

U r g i n gGovernor SatyaPal Malik to inter-vene into the mat-

ter, he said posts of Technicianand Technical Assistant in vari-ous departments such asMedicine, Paediatrics, Anatomy,Biochemistry, Forensics andothers should be filled purely onmerit basis. Experts into thefield should get their due andthere should be no favouritismor relaxation in age or qualifica-tion in such sensitive andresponsible posts, he added.

Stating that SSRB wasgoing by conventional methodsof recruitment and using age oldcriteria, he said that need of thehour is to better qualified peoplewho have done advance coursesor possess better qualifications.

Puneet Singh Jamwal saidthat SSRB must change criteriabefore starting actual recruit-ment so that deserving candi-dates are not ignored and fairrecruitment is done.

Puneet Singh Jamwal addressing a pressconference at Jammu on Sunday.