Jammu, Aug 29 (KNS): A condolence meeting was held here today at PCC HQ Shaheedi Chowk, Jammu to pay tributes to veteran Congress Leader and former PCC President Mohd. Shafi Qureshi, who passed away yesterday in Delhi.
The meeting was presided over by President JKPCC Ghulam Ahmed Mir and attended by senior leaders of PCC, DCC and frontal organizations of the party.
Paying rich tributes the speakers remembered the contribution of Mohd Shafi Qureshi for his long time in public life in which he held various positions including Union Minister and Governor of Bihar and Madhya Pradesh besides Chairman of National Minority Commission apart from these, president of Jammu and Kashmir Pradesh Congress for two times and twice elected as Member Lok Sabha from Anantnag.
PCC Chief G.A. Mir described Qureshi as a visionary leader, able administrator and man of conviction and self-determination with strong commitment to the ideology of secularism of Congress party. It was Qureshi who was the one of the few founder members of Congress in Jammu and Kashmir and launched the membership drive in Maisuma Mohalla in Kashmir. He contributed a lot to the State and Congress party. He was Railway Minister under the Primeministership of Smt. Indira Gandhi and during that period the Railway service from Pathankot to Jammu was extended and survey for Jammu-Udhampur -Baramula Railway Line under taken.Click Here To Follow Our WhatsApp Channel
Speaking on the occasion S/Shri Sam Lal Sharma, Mula Ram, Raman Bhalla, Aijaz Ahmed Khan, Jahangir Mir and Gulzar Wani paid rich tributes while remembering his contribution and principle of his life.
Two minutes silence was observed in the meeting to pray for eternal peace to the departed soul and to give strength to the family to bear this great loss.
Prominent among those who attended the meeting included Jahangir Mir, Haji Abdul Rashid-MLA, Ravinder Sharma, Ch. Akram-MLA, Rajnish Sharma, Th. Manmohan Singh, Smt. Namrata Sharma, Smt. Suman Bhagat, Shiv Dev Singh, Smt. Indu Pawar, Ashok Dogra (ex-MLAs), Kuldeep Raj Verma, Shri Anil Chopra-District President Jammu, Shri Krishan Lal Gupta, Hari Sngh Chib, Shri Shashi Sharma, Shri Thomas Khokhar, Sanjeev Sharma, S. Manjeet Singh Jatt, Surinder Gupta, Vijay Manhas, Pranav Shagotra, Rashid Choudhary, Vinod Khajuria, Kulbir Singh Pathania, S. H.S. Mehta, Smt. Lalita Sharma, Sukhdev Choudhary, B.B. Gupta, Mansa Ram, Madan Lal Malagar, Dr. Ramakant Khajuria, P.S. Chouhan, Gourav Chopra, Pawan Sharma, Jai Singh, Pawan Dev Singh, Naresh Maini, Suresh Dogra, Shokat Ali, Ch. Maqbool, Mangat Ram and others. (KNS)