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JAMMU: The National Conference suffered a setback in Jammu as two prominent leaders — Devender Singh Rana and Surjit Singh Slathia — the Dogra faces from Jammu region resigned from the party on Sunday.
Rana, former MLA from Nagrota and provincial president of NC in Jammu region, and former minister Slathia, resigned from the basic membership of the party. Speculations are rife that the duo may join BJP in Delhi on Monday.
Rana is the younger brother of Union minister of state for PMO Jitendra Singh and was a prominent face of the NC in the Jammu region.
NC on its official Twitter handle wrote, “Farooq Abdullah has received and accepted the resignations of Mr Salathia & Mr Rana. No further action or comment is deemed necessary.”
Rana has also removed his designation of provincial president of NC from his Twitter handle.
Party sources said: “Rana, along with Surjeet Singh Slathia, may join BJP on Monday at the party headquarters in Delhi in the presence of party general secretary Arun Singh, Union minister Jitendra Singh, MP Jugal Kishore, former deputy chief ministers and J&K BJP president Ravinder Raina.”
Rana, however, appealed to all political parties of Jammu region, including the BJP, to unite and adopt the Jammu Declaration to safeguard the interests of the region the way the people of Kashmir and the Union Territory of Ladakh had risen above their political and religious affiliations to take a stand on issues concerning their region.
Addressing a large group of people from Nagrota, who called on him on Sunday morning, Rana vowed to pursue the Jammu Declaration religiously and resolutely, as he describerd the concept as key to retrieving the glorious ethos of an inclusive Jammu and Kashmir.
“Nothing will deter me from realizing this objective and I will work for it even at the peril of my political career”, Rana told the gathering.
Striking an emotional chord, the former MLA said that the declaration is the way forward for respecting the aspirations of all the regions and sub-regions of Jammu and Kashmir with none being discriminated against or dominated politically, socially and economically.
“Each one, irrespective of region, religion and caste, must have equal rights on resources and in governance. Fair play and justice should be the bedrock of the political system. Even the perception of one being appeased at the cost of the other due to politico-strategic expediencies should become an imperative of the past. The Jammu region has suffered on all these counts over decades,” he said.
On October 4, amid rumours of his exit from the National Conference, Rana had said that he was still in the party but was ready for any sacrifice for the cause of the people of Jammu.
Rana, former MLA from Nagrota and provincial president of NC in Jammu region, and former minister Slathia, resigned from the basic membership of the party. Speculations are rife that the duo may join BJP in Delhi on Monday.
Rana is the younger brother of Union minister of state for PMO Jitendra Singh and was a prominent face of the NC in the Jammu region.
NC on its official Twitter handle wrote, “Farooq Abdullah has received and accepted the resignations of Mr Salathia & Mr Rana. No further action or comment is deemed necessary.”
Rana has also removed his designation of provincial president of NC from his Twitter handle.
Party sources said: “Rana, along with Surjeet Singh Slathia, may join BJP on Monday at the party headquarters in Delhi in the presence of party general secretary Arun Singh, Union minister Jitendra Singh, MP Jugal Kishore, former deputy chief ministers and J&K BJP president Ravinder Raina.”
Rana, however, appealed to all political parties of Jammu region, including the BJP, to unite and adopt the Jammu Declaration to safeguard the interests of the region the way the people of Kashmir and the Union Territory of Ladakh had risen above their political and religious affiliations to take a stand on issues concerning their region.
Addressing a large group of people from Nagrota, who called on him on Sunday morning, Rana vowed to pursue the Jammu Declaration religiously and resolutely, as he describerd the concept as key to retrieving the glorious ethos of an inclusive Jammu and Kashmir.
“Nothing will deter me from realizing this objective and I will work for it even at the peril of my political career”, Rana told the gathering.
Striking an emotional chord, the former MLA said that the declaration is the way forward for respecting the aspirations of all the regions and sub-regions of Jammu and Kashmir with none being discriminated against or dominated politically, socially and economically.
“Each one, irrespective of region, religion and caste, must have equal rights on resources and in governance. Fair play and justice should be the bedrock of the political system. Even the perception of one being appeased at the cost of the other due to politico-strategic expediencies should become an imperative of the past. The Jammu region has suffered on all these counts over decades,” he said.
On October 4, amid rumours of his exit from the National Conference, Rana had said that he was still in the party but was ready for any sacrifice for the cause of the people of Jammu.
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