Give mandate to Mohinder Bhardwaj for Vijaypur seat: Congress workers urge leadership in Insaaf rally

Srinagar, Aug 25: Several Congress workers on Sunday urged party leadership to give mandate to Mohinder Bhardwaj in the upcoming Assembly elections in Vijaypur assembly segment.

The workers during Insaaf rally said the constituents of Vijaypur assembly segment need a competent, intelligent, widely acceptable-across the communities and influential candidate who can properly highlight problems of the area. Traditionally the constituency has been a Congress stronghold which has been further strengthened by PCC general secretary and veteran advocate Mohinder Bhardwaj through his hard-work, understanding of the issues, grit and determination.

“In a unanimous resolution passed in the 'Insaaf' rally by the Congress workers, leaders and prominent persons of the society belonging to all three blocks of the constituency, while demanding party mandate for Bhardwaj, they assured the party leadership that they will ensure his victory. The Vijaypur constituency known for its religious, cultural and peaceful social ethos will play an important role with Bhardwaj as their representative in formation of the next government and overall development of the area,” the workers held.

Thanking the people for their overwhelming affection in his favour and reposing full faith in him, Bhardwaj said that Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi has infused a new life in the party organsiation and strengthened their resolve to defeat the communal forces, through his inspiring leadership and relentlessly working to highlight people's problems and social injustice across the country. "His recent visit to Jammu and Kashmir accompanied by Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge has been a morale booster for the party leaders and workers who are buoyed up to ensure victory of the party candidates," he added.

Lauding the effort of Rahul Gandhi to streamline and strengthen the secular and democratic forces under the aegis of INDIA combine with the active cooperation of National Conference president Dr Farooq Abdullah, he said this is a move in the right direction to defeat, communal, divisive and anti-people forces which are represented by the BJP.  "The saffron party is solely responsible for the current mess in which Jammu and Kashmir has been pushed by the anti-people policies of the Narendra Modi government and the Lt Governor Manoj Sinha's administration. Secular forces under Congress umbrella only have the where-withal to defeat BJP's nefarious designs of further dividing Jammu and Kashmir in all ways."

Bhardwaj while stating that he has been active in this area for many decades now and is well-versed with the problems, he said Rahul Gandhi has provided a visionary leadership at the national levels and this is what we need at the Union Territory and constituency levels. "I assure you of my unflinching support in resolving problems of the area and usher Vijaypur constituency in a new era of over-all development," he added.

He rued that despite being home to holy Hindu shrines and immense tourism potential the twin-engine governments of the BJP have totally neglected the constituency. Those who have represented the constituency in the recent past in assembly and in the cabinet, are answerable to the people. "You must demand an explanation from such people particularly BJP leaders when they come to ask for votes," he asked.