GNS, August 09:- Youth Congress Foundation Day was celebrated by Jammu and Kashmir Pradesh Youth Congress Committee at its headquarter Shaheedi Chowk, Jammu under the leadership of Mr. Sandeep Dogra-General Secretary PYC, today. On this occasion a flag was hoisted and Youth Congress pledge was taken by the leaders included S/Shri Joyti Sharma-General Secretary PYC, Rajveer Manhas-President DYC Jammu Urban, Joyti Vaid, Vikram Bhandari (Secretaries PYC) apart from the speech that was delivered on this day by Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru was also red out by leaders. The sweets were also distributed among the gathering. Prominent others who were also present on the occasion S/Shri MandeeP Singh, Ravi Kumar, Amit Gandotra, Meenu Jamwal, Jagdeep Sharma, Deepak Charak, Nanu Charak, Jogesh Singh Charak and Ankush Singh.
When the holy Quran was placed before Mohammed Maqbool Butt on the morning of February 11, 1984, he knew that death awaited him in the phansi kothi a few yards away. A high voltage bulb burning outside the grated doors of his solitary cell in the death row was indicative of the outside darkness. If he had had any hopes of living awhile yet, they were dashed by the presence of the” prison doctors. Jail superintendent, A.B. Shukla/had paid Butt a visit in the middle of the previous night. Shukla chatted with him for a long time but cautiously avoided any talk about the execution. “I will see you on Monday”, Butt’s counsel on record, the sallow-complexioned R.C. Pathak, had told him during a brief interview they were allowed on the evening of February 10. In answer, the condemned Kashmir Liberation Front leader, who was awarded the death sentence of the murder of a CID officer in 1966, had meaningfully remarked: “Do you think they will permit us a second meeting?” He was right! Butt was n...
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