Vijay Sampla, Punjab BJP chief
Chandigarh, September 29, 2016
Union minister and Punjab BJP chief Vijay Sampla has called upon the party units of the border-lying areas to jump into action and help the locals who are being been shifted to safer places in the wake of the high alert issued after the Indian Army conducted surgical strikes across the LoC. Sampla said that party workers ensure every possible help to the evacuated people so that they don’t face food and shelter related problems. “People in border villages are leaving their ancestral homes and property for their motherland. We should respect their sacrifice and serve them in this hour of need”, he said.
In the meanwhile, state BJP secretary, Vineet Joshi informed that an emergency meet has been called by the Punjab BJP president Vijay Sampla on September 30 at Circuit House in Jalandhar. “Current circumstances in border-lying areas will be discussed in the meet. Shri Sampla will chair the meeting which will be attended by the core-group and state functionaries”, added Joshi.