JAMMU April 10th : Scores of workers affiliated with National Panthers Party, Bhartiya Janta Party joined J&K National Conference today in presence of Provincial President Jammu Mr Rattan Lal Gupta and Shiekh Bashir Ahmed Provincial Secretary. The joining programme was organized by District President Udhampur Urban Sunil Verma.
Mr. Rattan Lal Gupta while welcoming the new entrants into the party fold hoped that the joining will help strengthen the party at gross root level with a strategy to strengthen the idea of pluralistic progressive, democratic and united Jammu and Kashmir. He exhorted the workers to work unitedly and defeat the communal forces saying National Conference has a chequered history of fostering brotherhood and foiling the divisive forces.
Mr Gupta while speaking on the occasion sought early regularization of the daily rated workers and other categories of casual workers besides other employees working on contractual or adhoc basis in various departments across Jammu and Kashmir. He regretted over delay, saying this has jeopardized career of thousands of youth. "This will bring respite to thousands of families and those engaged, whose careers have been at stake for long," he said adding that some of these are waiting for justice for over a decade.
Sheikh Bashir Ahmed and Sunil Verma while welcoming the new entrants into NC reiterated that National Conference is deeply rooted in every nook and corner of J&K. They asked the party cadre to reach out to the people and help them seek redressel to their problems.
Those who joined the party include Sanjay Kumar, Kewal Singh, Dr. Romesh Verma, Madan Lal Bhagat, Raj Singh, Jagdev Singh, Munshi Ram, Charan Dass, Vikas Singh, Jeevan Singh, Rashpal Singh, Sudesh Kumar, Tilak Raj Sharma, Pawan Kumar, Raj Jumar Sharma, Rattan Lal, sunil Verma, Kalu, Sunil Sharma and Vinod Kumar.
Those who were present on this occasion include Anyatullah, Pavitar Singh, Akash Verma, S. Harjinder Singh, Chena Ram sethi and others.