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AKHNOOR: Veteran Congress leader and former Minister and MP Madan Lal Sharma while addressing a series of public meetings at Gurha Brahmana east, Gurha Brahmana West, Kot Ghari in Akhnoor Constituency said that Modi Government at Central level is trying to cash on the major works done by the Congress led consecutive Governments in the past.
Justifying this statement Sharma said that Swachh Bharat Abiyaan was an initiative of UPA Government and was earlier called as total sanitation campaign and now Nirmal Bharat Abiyaan . He said that Congress had done tremendous developmental works but could not popularise in the shape of a corporate campaign which BJP is doing as Congress focus was on development and not on visibility. Sharma also maintained that the Acche Din slogan of BJP is not visible and poor people are still living miserable life.
Ex-MP said that during his tenure as Works Minister of the State he had ensured equal allocation of funds to Jammu and Kashmir region for the first time similarly Sham Lal Sharma PHE Minister has taken Akhnoor towards a model and best constituency of the State and before me and Sham Lal Sharma nothing was done in Akhnoor.
He appealed to the people to vote Sham Lal Sharma and send him in the State Cabinet to complete the pending works.
Kuldeep Raj Verma Vice Chairman OBC also addressed the gatherings .
Prominent among others present on the occasion include Baldev Raj Sharma, Working President Cong. Akhnoor, Rattan Lal Sharma, Secy, Ram Dass ,Member SC Adv. Board, Ashok Tinnu, Genl. Secy. Youth Cong. Akhnoor, Sarpanch Shemsher Singh, Madan Lal Sharma, Jagdish Raj, S. Krishan Singh, Sheru Ram, Shakeel Ahmed Majoor, Thoru Ram, Mohan Lal,Ram Paul, Satpaul Sharma, Dev Raj, Ram Saroop, O P Verma, Amru Ram and Ch. Hamid.