Ravinder Raina is re-elected for the prestigious post of J&K BJP President amidst massive gathering of more than 2500 enthusiastic BJP activists at party headquarter, Trikuta Nagar, Jammu.
Raina was re-elected in the presence of Observer for J&K BJP President’s Organizational Elections Dr. Harshvardhan (Union Minister) accompanied by BJP National Secretary Tarun Chugh and was presented Certificate, Mata Ki Chunri, Pagdi and also welcomed with massive garlands.
It is worthwhile to notice that the BJP is conducting nationwide organizational elections since last 3 months and senior leaders S. Varinderjit Singh and Munish Sharma were entrusted to supervise the organizational elections in the state from booth President to State President as State Incharge and Co-Incharge respectively.
MP (Lok Sabha) Jugal Kishore Sharma, MP (Rajya Sabha) Shamsher Singh Manhas, former Dy. CMs Dr. Nirmal Singh and Kavinder Gupta, BJP General Secretary (Org.) Ashok Kaul, former President Ashok Khajuria, Mayor Chander Mohan Gupta, former Ministers Sat Sharma, A. G. Kohli, Chander Prakash Ganga, Sukhnandan Choudhary, Dr. D.K. Manyal, Sham Choudhary, Bali Bhagat, Shakti Parihar, Ajay Nanda and Priya Sethi, State General Secretaries Dr. Narinder Singh, Yudhvir Sethi and Sunil Sharma, Chief Spokesperson Sunil Sethi (Adv.), Sham Lal Sharma and other senior party leaders were also present on the occasion.
Dr. Harshvardhan, while congratulating Ravinder Raina on the occasion, complimented him for the prestigious post and termed him as a powerful voice of the BJP in the State. Strong patriot, young and full of aggression, he has taken command in the things during the past. Morale of the party workers has remained high under the dynamic leadership of Ravinder Raina, he said and extended the greetings on behalf of whole central leadership.
Dr. Harshvardhan, said that today we have witnessed the accomplishment of a decades old dream for the prevalence of peace and prosperity in the J&K. He remembered the time in 1984, when Atal ji announced that we have lost the elections, but not our courage and with that spirit we achieved many milestones with the dedication of our activists. He said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has set an example of selfless work for the Nation and Home Minister & BJP National President Amit Shah has set new benchmarks for the organizational work and now, he put onus of development of J&K on Ravinder Raina and assured that every Minister in PM Modi’s Cabinet will contribute in the development.
Dr. Harshvardhan also talked about the dream of Modi ji of “New India” free from poverty, backwardness, unemployment, disease and all other evils and asked all to contribute in the achievement of the aim till 2022, when India will be celebrating 75 years of Independence from the British rule.
Tarun Chugh, said that BJP has always remained focused on its ideologies and never deviated from its path of Nation service. He said that the sacrifices of Dr. Shyama Prasad Mukherji on the soil of J&K still inspire us to dedicate ourselves towards the Nation and the society. He said that we are committed to finish menace of terrorism from the soil. He said that certain mainstream politicians bring bad name to the Nation by speaking the voice of anti-India elements and Pakistan, but we assure the public of India that we will expose every such person. He said that the certain persons cannot digest that today J&K has got freedom from stone-pelting and bomb blasts, and as such they are trying to burn the Nation on other issues by propagating misinformation. “But, where were these persons, when the Kashmiri Pandits were forced for mass exodus from Kashmir valley,” he said.
Chugh, said that today we are a party of more than 18 crore dedicated party activists and this feast reinforces our commitment for the making of India as superpower. He congratulated Ravinder Raina and said that the forthcoming 3 years will be written as the golden moments in the history.
Ravinder Raina, overwhelmed with the love and support shown to him by all party leaders and activists thanked them for the faith they have entrusted in him for the task. he said that the past 1 year and 8 months were full of challenges for him as the State President of the party, but he took it as the God’s work and put his all efforts in the accomplishment of the basic duties. He also congratulated all the party workers for the great achievements in all the elections in the past 1 and half year right from Panchayat to ULB as well as Parliament.
On the occasion, Raina also remembered all the BJP activists, persons and the security personnel who sacrificed their lives for the Nation.
“It was never my intention to do something out of league, but it was out of instinct that got the work done by my hands”, Raina said and thanked all the senior leaders, his team, party activists and everyone from every corner of Jammu, Kashmir and Ladakh for the task he was entrusted with.
Raina, assured everybody once again that he is living for the country and will die for the country and will never let anybody to do any harm to the Nation. He said that Congress has done enough harm to the Nation, but the BJP activists have also vowed to keep the Nation’s flag high and free from any danger.
Raina, also remarked that he is the party’s President and representative of the regions and all the people living in the PoJK.
Dy. Mayor Purnima Sharma (Adv.), Former MLAs R.S. Pathania, Pawan Gupta, Neelam Langeh, Rajesh Gupta, Rajiv Jasrotia, Dr. Krishan Lal, MLCs Ramesh Arora, Gidhari Lal Raina, Pardeep Sharma and Charanjit Singh Khalsa, Sanjay Baru, Arvind Gupta, Ajay Pargal, Brig. Anil Gupta, Balbir Ram Rattan, Tilak Raj Gupta, Dr. Pardeep Mahotra, Kulbhushan Mohtra, Rajni Sethi, Vikas Choudhary, Sadiq Khan, Haroon Choudhary, Rashpaul Verma, Jagdish Bhagat, Ayodhya Gupta, Vinay Gupta, Rajinder Singh Chib, Ajay Vaid, Munish Khajuria and others were also present on the occasion.