Impressive ‘JAI HIND YATRA’ taken by Congress in Jammu City
Jammu, May 20, 2025: Congress today took out an impressive ‘Jai Hind Yatra’ in Jammu city, which started from Congress headquarters Shaheedi Chowk Jammu and culminated at Indira Chowk, after passing through Residency Road, Raghunath Mandir Chowk, Hari Market and Ranbir Market area.
The Yatra was led by JKPCC Chief Shri Tariq Hameed Karra alongwith AICC General Secretary & CLP leader Ghulam Ahmed Mir besides Working President Tara Chand-(Ex Dy.CM), Raman Bhalla, Ch. Lal Singh (Ex-MP), AICC Secretary Neeraj Kundan, several former ministers, legislators, DCC Presidents, PCC leaders, Frontal heads, Ex-Corporators and others including Mula Ram, Ravinder Sharma, Yogesh Sawhney, Dr. Manohar Lal Sharma, Ved Mahajan, Th. Balbir Singh, Yash Pal Kundal, Rajnish Sharma, Smt. Gurbachan Kumari Rana, Smt. Indu Pawar, Th. Hari Singh Chib, Smt. Kanta Bhan, Dina Nath Bhagat, Krishan Chander Bhagat, Smt. Kanta Andotra, DCC Presidents Th. Manmohan Singh (Jammu Urban), Sdr. Gurdarshan Singh, Shashi Sharma, Amrit Bali, Suresh Dogra, Satish Sharma, Narinder Sharma, Balbir Singh, T.S. Tony, Thamosh Khokhar, Bhushan Dogra, Dwarka Choudhary, DCC Presidents Bupinder Singh Jamwal (Reasi), Sanjeev Sharma & Babal Gupta (Samba), Pankaj Dogra (Kathua), Vinod Khajura & Sumit Mangotra (Udhampur), Ajay Lakhotra (NSUI), Vijay Sharma (Seva Dal), Ch. Husain Ali Wafa (ST), Smt. Zahida Khan (Intellectual), Jatin Raina (Social Media), Sdr. Gajan Singh (Transport), Anirudh Sawhney (Youth), Bharat Priya (Kissan), Bhavishya Sudan (RTI), Neeraj Gupta, Sanjeev Panda, Rajiv Saraf, Rajveer Singh, Kapil Singh, Sahil Sharma, Michael Wazir, Ricky Dalotra, Kamal Singh, Vijay Malhotra, Rama Kant Khajuria, Vijay Shastri, Virinder Singh Manhas, Pawan Dev Singh, Chander Shekhar, Ajay Kumar, Latish Sharma, Nageshwar Narian, Gurmeet Singh, Jatinder Bhagat, Jatinder Chib, Janak Raj Mehra, Vinay Sharma, Rakesh Sharma, Sobit Sharma, Raj Kumar Sodhi, Pardeep Bhalla, Bodh Raj, Davinder Singh, Jasmeet Raina, Sonu Dogra, Vijay Khajuria, Mohan Lal Bhaveagn, Prof. H.R. Sharma, Smt. Parveen Akhtar, Aniradha Sharma, Bodh Raj, Devinder Singh and others.
Earlier addressing a largely attended ‘Jai Hind Sabha’ in the presence of AICC General Secretary G.A.Mir, working Presidents, Ex-Ministers, Ex-Legislators, DCC Presidents and Frontal heads, JKPCC President Tariq Hameed Karra questioned the silence of Prime Minister Narinder Modi over the opposition demanded for an all party meeting and a special Parliamentary Session to discuss vital questions before the nation.
He also questioned the silence of Prime Minister and BJP leadership over the highly condemnable hate utterance of MP minister Vijay Shah targetting a decorated Army officer, Which speaks of the mindset of BJP. He welcomed the Hon’ble Supreme Court for taking serious notice of the ministers utterances. He also condemned the utterances of Dy. Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh who insulted the brave armed forces, but the silence of the Prime Minister speaks volumes of the BJP.
He said that the nation needs to be taken in to confidence over various questions right from Pehalgam carnage to the announcement of ceasefire by third country which has happened for the first time in the history of country. He questioned why the security was missing at a vulnerable place like ‘Biesaran-Pehalgam’ despite prior intelligence inputs and termed it a serious security lapse. The security of UT is under the Home Ministry directly, so the government must own the serious security lapse leading to the martyrdom of 28 persons. He said that the entire country stood behind the armed forces and the government including the entire opposition deferring all vital questions for the sake of nation.
He said that our armed forces bravely fought the PAK sponsored terrorism and furthered their glorious record of valor and bravery in conducting operation ‘Sindoor’ but it is highly questionable that our Foreign Minister S.Jai Shankar has admitted that at the start of the operation the GOI informed the Pakistan about such operation, when our jawans were risking their lives to attack the targets.
Karra said that Leader of Opposition Shri Rahul Gandhi has rightly said that it was a crime against the nation for which the country wants an answer, as to how the lives of our jawans were put in to great risk.
He said that the ceasefire announcement by the US President came as a surprise to the entire nation, as to how a third country could do so when our forces were fighting a war against terrorism and terrorist state. He said that US President further claimed that he used trade to get the ceasefire between the two countries, which is again more serious and needs answers from the Prime Minister.
Emphasizing that J&K is an integral part of our country and all outstanding issues including illegal occupation of POJK is a bilateral issue especially after the ‘Shimla Agreement’ when the Pakistan was forced to sign a treaty following the division of Pakistan and the surrender of over 90 thousand troops. It was a dynamic leadership of Smt. Indira Gandhi that she rejected all threats of US to meddle in our affairs and open support to Pakistan by telling US that India treats US as a friend and not a Boss and it has the will and resources to take decisions in the best interests of our country.
Karra said that today the nation remembers the bold and dynamic leadership of the iron lady Smt. Indira Gandhi in the wake of the situation being witnessed by the nation. He also questioned the success of our foreign policy when a rouge state Pakistan even an after Pehalgam carnage managed to secure over one billion IMF aid.
He said that the country needs answers to very important questions although we salute our all forces for their bravery and discipline.
AICC General Secretary and CLP leader Shri G.A. Mir lauded the armed forces for their role and saluted their bravery and devotion to the country. While raising questions over the silence the Prime Minister over the highly condemnable statements of BJP minister and Deputy Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh, even though Supreme Court has taken serious view in the matter of hate speech of the minister.
He said that it was Congress party which first announced full support to the nation and the armed forces for any action to give a befitting response to terrorism and Pakistan after the Pehalgam carnage. The very next day the LOP Shri Rahul Gandhi returned after leaving his US trip and the CWC under the Presidentship of Shri Malikarjun Kharge declared full support to the government and the armed forces to deal with the situation.
The all party meetings held on the suggestion of the Congress party were not attended by the Prime Minister and instead he went to election state Bihar to address public rally. He questioned why the Prime Minister is silent on the important questions being raised by the defence experts, intellectuals and not chairing all party meet and holding special session of parliament to answer those questions of vital importance to the nation.
Working President Raman Bhalla in his brief address to the ‘Jai Hin Sabha’ said that country is proud of our armed forces and salutes their bravery and sacrifices for the nation and shall ever remain indebted to them for protecting and preserving the sovereignty and integrity of the country. He said that all district level ‘Jai Hind Yatras’ will be conducted to salute the brave armed forces.
He lashed out at the BJP for its cheap attempt to take political mileage out of the operation ‘Sindoor’ conducted by the armed forces who belong to the nation and not any political party and the credit goes to our forces. He said that the nation has the right to ask important questions to the government which emerged out of the situation.
