Jammu, May 21: J&K BJP general secretary (organisation), Ashok Koul Wednesday stated that following the party delegations’ visits to Pak shelling-hit seven border districts across UT, a five-member committee was formed for damage assessment and to streamline relief measures.
He said that the findings would be submitted to the BJP president and further shared with appropriate governmental platforms to facilitate swift and adequate relief measures.
Koul stated this during a high-level meeting of J&K BJP at party headquarters to assess the ground situation in districts affected by recent Pakistan shelling.
He said that BJP delegations visited five districts in Jammu region viz., Kathua, Samba, Jammu, Rajouri and Poonch and two districts in Kashmir region i.e., Baramulla and Kupwara.
“To streamline the efforts, a committee has been formulated of five senior leaders led by Sham Lal Sharma and comprising Dr Nirmal Singh; Kavinder Gupta; Dr Devinder Kumar Manyal and R S Pathania. It will make a detailed report based upon the field assessment of the damages due to the Pakistan shelling. The findings will be submitted to the party president,” Koul said.
The meeting was presided over by BJP J&K president Sat Sharma. Besides, Koul, Sunil Sharma, Leader of Opposition, J&K Legislative Assembly; Dr Narinder Singh, BJP national secretary and MLA; Dr Nirmal Singh, and Kavinder Gupta, former Deputy Chief Ministers; Sham Lal Sharma and Shakti Raj Parihar vice-presidents and MLAs; Dr Devinder Kumar Manyal, general secretary and MLA; RS Pathania, spokesperson and MLA; MLAs Balwant Mankotia, Mohan Lal and Dr Rajiv Bhagat participated in the meeting.
Sat Sharma, while leading the threadbare discussions in the meeting, lauded Indian Forces and said that throughout the Operation Sindoor, India maintained a professional approach and targeted terror infrastructure. He criticized Pakistan for its attack on the civilian areas of Jammu and Kashmir, thereby causing injuries to people and damage to their properties and livestock.
He further said that in order to ascertain the exact damage extent; to assure people by meeting them and to take concrete relief and rehabilitation steps, BJP sent high-level delegations comprising senior leadership of party, which continuously toured all the shelling affected areas to meet the affected people, to assess their damages and inquire about their issues to execute the action for the quick relief and rehabilitation measures.
Sunil Sharma, while focusing on the extent of damage, said that the shelling-affected people in these areas suffered physical, emotional and economic damages in this conflict. He said that BJP would ensure every possible welfare measure in coordination with the Union government and the UT administration.
Dr Narinder Singh stressed that the union government led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi was concerned for the safety and the well-being of its citizens. He also committed on behalf of all BJP MLAs that they would leave no stone unturned to help the affected people.
