STATE TIMES NEWS
JAMMU: Law and Legal Affairs Department of BJP organised a daylong convention here at Trikuta Nagar office on Saturday.
BJP State President and MLA Sat Sharma (C.A) along with former Union Minister and BJP Law and Legal Affairs Department National Convener Jagdeep Dhankar, MoS Law and Parliamentary Affairs, J&K Ajay Nanda, Senior Advocate of J&K High Court Sunil Sethi, State Convener Onkar Seth inaugurated the event. The convention was attended by 300 prominent advocates drawn from all the regions of the State.
Sat Sharma said that the party has set up Law and Legal Affairs Department at national and state levels. “The party is of the view that a major chunk of the Indian population belongs to the Intellectuals, Doctors, Engineers, Advocates, CAs and so on and hence their services can be availed for the benefit of the party as well as society”, he added.
Jagdeep Dhankhar said that the motive of the Law and Legal Affairs Department is to provide justice in social, economic and political fields. The party’s slogan of one booth one lawyer is based on the concept that no organisation or class can progress and succeed until it does not carry along the Intelligentsia class, including the law knowing people. He said that the contribution of lawyers can mobilise more and more people of legal fraternity to get associated with BJP.
Onkar Seth said that Advocates play significant role in serving the nation and its people.
Ajay Nanda highlighted various welfare schemes launched by PM Narendra Modi. He also spoke on the role of lawyers in formulation of various acts and laws.
Sunil Sethi spoke on various aspects of judicial activism with special focus on advantages and disadvantages of various provisions of the Constitution, which are many times misinterpreted for setting personal scores or for the sake of gaining cheap publicity.
National Co-Convenor Aishwarya Bhatti enlightened the lawyers on National Judicial Commission.
Supreme Court Lawyer Archana Pathak Deve spoke on the organisational structure of Law and Legal Affairs Department of BJP.
Abhinav Sharma, President J&K High Court Bar Association, Jammu, spoke on freedom of speech and expression. Proceedings of the convention were conducted by State Co-Conveners Rajesh Thappa and Adarsh Kumar Bhagat.
Vote of thanks was presented by State Co-Conveners Amrik Singh and Radhey Sham Sharma.
Advocate Hunar Gupta and his colleagues Sundeep Singh, Vikas Pankaj Sharma, Veena, Leena, Amit Singh Manhas, Varun Kotwal, Prem Sadotra, Bharat Singh Jamwal, Naresh Raina extended their cooperation in organizing the convention.
Besides MLC Vibodh Gupta, prominent lawyers who attended the convention include U.K Jalali, former Advocate General, S.S Nanda, Senior Additional Advocate General Ravinder Gupta, Additional Advocate General, P.C Sharma, former Additional Advocate General Ranjit Singh Jamwal, Deputy Additional General Raghu Mehta, Chief Patron of Adhivakta Parishad, Rakeshwar Singh Durswal, former Deputy AG Avtar Singh Sodi, from Kashmir, Jitender Sharma, Samba District Convener.
