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On Feb 7, 2016

PARVATIYA OFIFCE-BEARERS OF AAM AADMI PARTY AND BJP JOIN DELHI PRADESH PARVATIYA CONGRESS

NEW DELHI, Feb 6—Delhi Pradesh Congress Committee president Shri Ajay Maken today welcomed a large number of office-bearers of the Aam Aadmi Party and the BJP, hailing from the Hill region, to the Delhi Pradesh Parvatiya Congress at an impressive workers’ convention held at the DPCC office, Rajiv Bhawan, here today. Addressing the gathering, Shri Ajay Maken said people from the Uttarakhand region constitute a large number of people, who have come from other States of the country, to live in Delhi. He said the people from Uttarakhand, who have settled in Delhi, have kept alive their culture and traditions to maintain their unique identity.

Shri Dharampal Kumai, who had contested the MCD election under the Shiv Sena ticket from Burari, joined the Delhi Pradesh Parvatiya Congress besides vice-president of Aam Aadmi Party’s Delhi Pradesh Uttarkhand Cell Shri Virender Negi, treasurer of AAP’s 10 Assembly constitutencies Shri Ravi Bisht, Najafgarh District’s BJP Traders’ Cell joint-convenor Shri Prithvi Singh Rawat, BJP’s North-East District joint-incharge Shri Mohit Bhatt and BJP North-East District vice-president Shri Rajesh Singh Negi.

Besides Shri Ajay Maken, prominent others present at the convention were Uttarakhand Congress Committee president Shri Kishore Upadhyaya, ex-MP Shri Mahabal Mishra, Delhi Pradesh Parvatiya Congress president Shri Brijmohan Upreti, District president Shri Laxman Rawat and ex-MLA Shri Surendra Pal Singh Bittoo.

Shri Ajay Maken said at the direction of Congress vice-president Shri Rahul Gandhi, the Delhi Pradesh Congress Committee has given the name of Pradesh Congress, instead of Cells, to give representation to people coming from other States to Delhi, like the Parvatiya Congress to give representation to people from Hill States like Uttarkhand.

He said the Delhi Pradesh Parvatiya Congress will not only propagate the policies and programmes of the Congress Party, but will also highlight the problems of the Hill people living in Delhi, and raise their voice to be heard.

Addressing the gathering, Shri Kishore Upadhyaya said people from Uttarkhand live in Delhi in large numbers, and they will work hard to strengthen the hands of DPCC president Shri Ajay Maken through the Parvatiya Congress. Shri Upadhyaya said during a meeting with the presidents of various Pradesh Congress Committees, Shri Rahul Gandhi had praised the steps taken by Shri Ajay Maken for converting cells into Parvatiya Congress, South Indian Congress, Traders’ Congress etc.

Delhi Pradesh Parvatiya Congress president Shri Brijmohan Upreti welcomed Shri Ajay Maken at the workers’ convention and said the Delhi Pradesh Parvatiya Congress, under the dynamic leadership of Shri Ajay Maken, will consolidate the strength of people from the Hill regions in the DelhiCongress, and strengthen his hands.