JPPF celebrates Accession Day in Jammu

28 October, 2012

Jammu Province People's Forum (JPPF), an amalgam of more than 50 social, commercial and other organisations celebrated Accession Day here on Saturday.

SPEAKING ON the occasion, JPPF President, Retd Justice Pavitra Singh said that the letter of accession was sent on 26th October, 1947 by Maharaja Hari Singh, which was accepted by the Lord Mount Batten, the then Governor General of India on 27th October, 1947, was unconditional.

He explained that the question arises why and what is the need of the celebration of this day as almost all states acceded with the dominion of India do not celebrate their accession day. He stated that nowhere in India, the accession of even a single state is challenged whereas in case of J and K it is. Hence there is a drastic need of celebration to make people aware of the fact of the state regarding accession, he maintained.

Singh mentioned here nowhere in the Instrument of Accession was mentioned that India will keep defense/ currency/ foreign affairs and rest will lie with State. He further said the Kashmir centric people are misleading the public by giving wrong information and are following Germany's Information Minister Gobbles propaganda which says that hundred lies make the truth. The same is being done by the separatists and Kashmir centric anti-India parties, he added.

He mentioned that the people of Jammu, Ladhakh Province and 2/3 of Valley and Punjabi Speaking People do not trust the so called Kashmir centric people and they know the false propaganda folly.

"To understand the reality and informed the ignorant public and young ones the future pillar of the State as well as the nation about this the factual position of accession it is essential and incumbent upon the reality knowing people to oppose the sinister designs of the Kashmir centric separatists that's why the people decided to celebrate the Accession Day", he informed.

He said that different people belonging to different casts creed and colors ie Sikhs, Chritians, Hindus, Muslims and others believe in this accession adding that it was also resolved in the celebration that no question mark on this issue will be tolerated hence forth.

Prominent among those who were present on the occasion include Rajiv Mahajan, State President Shri Ram Sena; Narayan Singh Jamwal, President Rajput Sabha J and K; Inderjeet Khajuria, President Hotels and Lodges; Ved Prakash Brahmin Sabha, Jagdish Sharma, President Sanatan Dahram Sabha; M.S Katoch, President Dastak; S Gajan Singh, President Transport Welfare Association, M.L Sharma, Amrit Magotra, Kuldip Luthra, Rajesh Kesari, Prof. B.L Bhardwaj, Prof. Devender Sharma, Dev Raj Baru, Pritam Sharma, Sunita Sharma, S.Kulbir Singh, S. Balvinder Singh Bhatia, Jyoti Sharma and Anan Sharma.