Saturday 20th Jun, 2026
Jammu, Mar 26: (UNI) Former Member of Parliament and Senior Congress Leader, Dr Karan Singh on Tuesday claimed that Congress was the ‘only’ force in the country that binds all the three regions of Jammu and Kashmir.
Speaking to a delegation from district Kishtwar and Doda districts here this afternoon, Dr Singh said that Congress always play its part in the developmental sector not only in state of Jammu and Kashmir, but in the entire country and added that the developmental works started under an able leadership of former Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh presently proved as backbone of India’s economy.
Member JK Campaign and Election Management Committee, Ghulam Mohammad Saroori, Congress candidate from Udhampur-Doda-Kathua Parliament seat, Vikramaditya Singh also attended the meeting.
While seeking votes for his son Vikramaditya Singh, who is a Congress party candidate from Udhampura-Kathua-Doda Parliament seat, Dr Singh said that Congress party is guarantee to peace, communal harmony and brotherhood where all sections of the society find solace under its shelter.
He said that Congress party right from the Prime Minister Jawhar Lal Nehru, Lal Bahadur Shashtri, Indira Gandhi followed by Rajiv Gandhi and Manmohan Singh ensure that all section of the society will get equal opportunity to get empowered.
Mr Vikramaditya Singh however, appealed to the people to vote and support him and ensure his victory at the hustings. He also hit out at BJP as he charged that their senior leaders stood for the prosperity of only a few.
?BJP has become the party of few individuals. It is seeking votes not in the name of the party but in the name of few individuals. When votes are sought in the name of few individuals, it is dictatorship. And the fight today is between dictatorship and democracy,” he alleged.
The Congress candidate also promised to address the development deficit which the region is facing for the last four years.
He also promised that if voted to power at the Centre, Congress will empower the youth and women in the State so as to take J&K on the path of growth and development.