BAKSHI GHULAM MOHD AND HIS MINISTER GHULAM NABI SOGAMI

                                                                    

 BAKSHI GHULAM MOHD ADRESSING HIS MINISTERS/ MLAs IN PRESENCE OF PANDIT JAWAHAR LAL NEHRU ..

Bakshi Ghulam Mohd addressing his council of Ministers / MLAs in Srinagar in presence of Pandit Jawahar Lal Nehru . In this meeting , Shri Ghulam Nabi Wani (Sogami ) MLA Lolab , A cabinet Minister and Pucca loyal to Bakshi Ghulam Mohd, refused to sit in his allocated chair in presence of Bakshi sahib. A token of Loyalty and respect for Bakshi Sahib in his individual style . So the Minister sat on Ground in this meeting .
There are some anecdotes connected with Sogami sahib that were popular among kashmiris of that period .He was a school dropout , possibly not educated enough to understand English words. Inspite of his being less educated , he was a man of action and a doer . He gave the concept of Water Harvesting for Kandi belt of Kupwara . He also made hectic efforts to bring Beautiful Lolab Valley on the tourism Map of the state . Many elders have told me that he was sharp, simple and sincere and spoke mostly in kashmiri or Urdu language . 

  sri Makhan Lal Pandita adds :

" I was accountant somewhere and had to attend Public Accounts Committee meeting which was presided over by Sogami Saheb. He put volley of questions and cornered the department in a versatile way. I found him an intelligent person."

I don’t know whether it is correct or not but many  elders used to say that sogami sahib once said ;

“ Flood waalon Ko Goli Maaro , Sailaab Zadon ki Madad karo “

" Leave those affected by " *FLOODS " but help the *SAILAAB sufferers "
( Word SAILAAB in Urdu means FLOOD in English )

This he reportedly said when he saw a group of people that had collected outside his official residence and he was informed that the crowd wanted some relief for “FLOOD “.

( Autar Mota )

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