DAILY EXCELSIOR, JAMMU WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 25, 2017 (PAGE 7)

BJP making gradual inroadsin Northeast: Dr Jitendra

Excelsior Correspondent

NEW DELHI, Jan 24:Union Minister of State(Independent Charge) forDevelopment of NorthEastern Region (DoNER),MoS PMO, Personnel, PublicGrievances, Pensions, AtomicEnergy and Space, Dr JitendraSingh said here today thatBharatiya Janata Party (BJP)is making gradual but consis-tent inroads in Northeast andin the last over two years, outof eight North-Eastern States,at least in four States, BJP isin power either as a singleParty or in coalition or as anally.

This, he said, is quite anincredible headway consider-ing the fact that till a fewyears ago, nobody could haveever imagined that BJPwould ever come to power inany of the North-EasternStates and was never consid-ered a serious reckoner in thepolitical landscape of theregion.

Dr Jitendra Singh made theseobservations when BJP TripuraState President Biplab KumarDeb called on him along withBJP Tripura State Prabhari (In-charge) Sunil Deodhar heretoday.

In two States, namelyAssam and ArunachalPradesh, Dr Jitendra Singhsaid, the BJP is in powerpurely on its own strength,whereas in Nagaland we arepart of the coalitionGovernment and in Sikkim,the ruling Sikkim NationalCongress is an ally.

Considering that Tripura isdue for Assembly election nextyear, Dr Jitendra Singhexpressed the hope that thesame trend of BJP capturingNorth-Eastern States wouldcontinue and while half of theStates are already with BJP,

the other half will also fall inline. In this context, hereferred to the upcomingAssembly elections inManipur, followed by theAssembly elections in Tripuranext year.

As for Tripura, Dr JitendraSingh said, the people of theState are reeling with angeragainst 15 years ofCommunist rule, whichpatronized corruption and dis-crimination. He said, the peo-ple are vying for change andBJP is ready to offer a viablealternative.

Biplab Kumar Deb gave DrJitendra Singh a detailedresume of the prevailing polit-ical scenario in the State and

also the current issues whichoccupy people’s concern. Heoffered documentary evi-dences of the blatant corrup-tion being carried out by theCommunist functionaries orthe groups patronized bythem.

Dr Jitendra Singh informedBiplab Deb that his next twovisits to Northeast will includeMeghalaya and ArunachalPradesh, after which he willplan another trip to Tripuraduring which he would alsointeract with Karyakartas andmembers of organization, ashe had done during his lastvisit.

Students of 2 schools witnessAssembly proceedings

Excelsior Correspondent

JAMMU, Jan 24:Students of two schoolstoday visited theLegislative Assembly andwitnessed the proceedingsof the House.

The students of GDGoenka Public School andGovernment Girls Higher

Secondary SchoolMubarak Mandi wereinvited by the SpeakerKavinder Gupta to witnesshow the issues of the com-mon masses are raised bythe Legislators in the StateLegislative Assembly.

Soon after theQuestion Hour started, the

students entered the visi-tors' gallery and they werewelcomed by the SpeakerKavinder Gupta. "I wel-come the students whohave come to witness theproceedings of theHouse", Speaker said.

The students of GDGoenka School were led

by their teacher SeemaSharma and PrincipalRajesh Rathore. Similarly,a senior teacher wasaccompanying the studentsof Mubarak Mandi GirlsHigher Secondary School.

Later, the studentsinteracted with theSpeaker in his chamber.

Div Com, IGP, VC SMVDUcall on GovernorExcelsior Correspondent

JAMMU, Jan 24: Dr. Pawan Kotwal,Divisional Commissioner Jammu andDanish Rana, IGP Jammu, called onGovernor N.N. Vohra, at the Raj Bhavanhere today to brief him about the arrange-ments for the Republic Day Celebrations.

They also informed him about the obtain-ing law and order situation.

Prof. Sanjeev Jain, Vice Chancellor, ShriMata Vaishno Devi University also called onGovernor.

Prof. Jain informed the Governor aboutthe to-date status of the activities underwayto implement infrastructural developmentschemes and to strengthen and enlarge theacademic / faculty strength.

The Governor stressed the benefit of allongoing programmes being annuallyrenewed to introduce the required changes inthe course content to meet the arisingdemands and challenges. The Governor andVC also discussed the work so far done bythe Academic Audit Committee.

Students witnessing proceedings of Legislative Assembly on Tuesday. -Excelsior/Rakesh

Excelsior Correspondent

JAMMU, Jan 24: President ofIndia Pranab Mukheerjee todaydecorated 49 officers of Jammuand Kashmir Police (JKP) withDistinguished, Meritorious and

Gallantry awards.The President's Police Medal

for Distinguished Service(PPMDS) award was presentedto Yogender Kaul, IGP.

The Police Medal forMeritorious Service (PMMS)awards was presented to GowharHussain Mir, Joint DirectorProsecution, Ghulam Rasool Dar,Deputy Director, Prabh DayalSharma, SP, Dy CO IRP ChanniHimmat, Labhu Ram Sharma, SP,Dy CO IRP Baramulla,

Aijaz Rasool Mir, AdditionalSP Headquarters Anantnag,Aijaz Ahmed Mir, DySP,Khanyar Srinagar, BhagwanDass, DySP Udhampur,Mohammad Azeem Qureshi,DySP Jammu, Deshbir Singh,Inspector, Jammu, Nissar AhmadBakshi, Inspector ParimporaSrinagar, Farooq Hussain Shah,Inspector Jammu, RavinderKumar Sharma, InspectorJammu, Manzoor AhmadSheikh, Sub Inspector Jammu,Alif Din Khan, Sub Inspector

Baramulla, Sunder Singh, SubInspector Jammu and AngrezSingh Manhas, Head ConstableUdhampur.

The Police Medal for GallantryServices (PMGS) awards wasgiven to Javaid Iqbal, SP, Sajad

Hussain, Additional SP, TanweerAhmed Jeelani, DySP, Mumtaz Ali,DySP, Imtiaz Ahmed, DySP, TariqAhmed Wani, DySP, PranavMahajan, DySP, Zaheer Abbas,DySP, Syed Sajad Hussain, DySP,Iftkhar Ahmed, DySP, IrshadHussain Rather, DySP, FerozAhmad Itoo, Inspector, DilrajSingh, Inspector, Irshad AhmadReshi, Inspector, Nazir AhmadKuchay, Sub Inspector, ManzoorAhmad, Sub Inspector, StanzinOstal, Sub Inspector, Nazir AhmadKuchay, Sub Inspector, RiyazAhmad Ganaie, Sub Inspector,Ram Lal, Head Constable,Selender Singh, Manzoor Ahmad,Head Constable, Head Constable,Fayaz Ahmad, Head Constable,Ghulam Ahmad Malik, HeadConstable, Khurshed Ahmad Khan,Constable, Farooq Ahmad Bhat,Constable, Manzoor Ahmad Malik,SgCt, Manoj Kumar, SgCt, ShakeelAhmad Mir, SgCt, Shamus-ud-DinLone, SgCt, Suresh Singh, SgCtand Gurjeet Singh, SgCt.

49 JKP officers get Prez Medals

Yogender Kaul Pranav Mahajan Iftkhar Ahmed IGP DySP DySP

Mumtaz Ali Deshveer Singh Farooq Hussain ShahDySP Inspector Inspector

BJP Tripura State President Biplab Kumar Deb, along withBJP Tripura State “Prabhari” Sunil Deodhar, calling on UnionMinister Dr Jitendra Singh, at New Delhi on Tuesday. * Watch video on www.excelsiornews.com