Mayor Jammu educates students on ways, means of eradicating corruption

Work to start political reorientation, transformation from Jammu: Sharma

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JAMMU: Mayor of Jammu city, Rajinder Sharma on Monday educated the students on ways and means of eradicating corruption from the country at Padma Shree Padma Sachdev (PSPS) College for Women in Gandhi Nagar.
Carrying forward his anti-corruption campaign christened as ‘Imandar Jammu, Shandar Jammu’, the Mayor addressed about 4,500 students who had gathered at the College ground.
He also administered an oath to the students and staff of the College for making all efforts to eradicate political corruption from the country, voting an educated candidate having knowledge of administrative affairs as public representative and abolishing the habit of preferring caste candidate while voting a public representative.
Highlight of the event is that members from 25 of the Committees which the Urban Local Body is making in each Ward also were present on the function to have insight of the campaign. Earlier, a delegation of PSPS College students who attended the recently held national level students’ parliament in New Delhi visited the Mayor and sought information regarding working of JMC and works done by it in last one year. The Mayor responded in informing the students about ‘Imandar Jammu, Shandar Jammu’ campaign, anti-polythene campaign, work done by JMC in Building Bylaws, administrative changes, working of General House of the Local Body etc.
The delegation of students informed the Mayor that in students’ parliament at New Delhi they among other things mentioned about his resolution regarding minimum qualification for being a Municipal Councillor to be graduation which fetched them second prize at all India level.
The Mayor felicitated these students and asked all the students to motivate their family members about setback to the nation due to corruption.
He said that he plans to reach out to 2 lakh students, from school to University level, in Jammu through which his campaign will reach 10 lakh people of the Jammu.
“These students will enlighten the entire of Jammu on importance and urgency to eradicate political corruption from the country and for voting a proper and well educated candidate to power as a public representative,” Mayor Rajinder Sharma maintained.
He motivated the students to work in such a manner that the results may start political reorientation, transformation for betterment in India politics from Jammu itself.
“Look how Sheetal Devi-a 16 years old armless girl from a remote village in Kishtwar used her feet to win two gold medals in archery. This only reflects that when a human starts with determination the results come naturally as blessings from the Almighty,” he said adding that he can easily see the same determination in the eyes of the students standing before him and listening him. The students assured the Mayor to leave no stone unturned for making India a corruption free and progressive nation ready to guide the world as conceived in the dream of PM Modi.

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