STATE TIMES NEWS
JAMMU: Expressing serious concern over the growing situation in several part of Jammu region in the wake of prolonged unrest in the Valley, several senior Congress leaders have felt the need to remain vigilant about the designs of communal, anti-national and anti-social elements against disturbing peace and religion harmony in the region.
In a joint statement issued on Sunday, Senior Congress leaders Sham Lal Sharma, G.M Saroori, Raman Bhalla, Mula Ram, Ravinder Sharma, Usman Majid Wani, M.S Niaz, Haider Shaikh, Jahangir Mir, Shabir Ahmed Khan, Ch Ajaz Khan, Vikar Rasool Wani, Mohd. Akram, Mumtaz Khan, Naresh Gupta, Sham Lal Bhagat, Ashok Dogra, Bashir Naaz, Iqbal Malik and Rajinder Singh appealed to the people to defeat the designs of communal and divisive forces and maintain religious brotherhood and peace.
They cautioned to the people and government to remain vigilant about the designs and activities of the communal and anti-social elements and forces and isolate such miscreants in the society who are hell bent to give provocations to disturb the peace and harmony.
The senior Congress leaders appealed to the saner elements in the society about the need to redouble their efforts to channelise the forces of secularism and togetherness to play their role.
They said that Congress Party is a unifying force to strengthen the bonds of unity, integrity and brotherhood and to defeat the evil designs of those forces who want to divide and polarize the society and disturb harmony particularly in the wake of Machhail and Budha Amarnath Yatra in the region.
