Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, June 19: A large number of Jammu and Kashmir National Panthers Party activists and some leaders were detained by police when they were taking out protest march towards Parliament in New Delhi today.
The NPP workers led by Harsh Dev Singh, chairman along with Balwant Singh Mankotia, State president and Yashpaul Kundal, State president, Young Panthers, today held a massive demonstration near the Parliament for restoration of AIIMS to Jammu where their procession was stopped by a strong contingent of Delhi Police which put up huge barricades on the road in front of the Parliament Street, Police Station.
The protesters raised slogans against the Coalition Govt of J&K, Central Govt and pro- Jammu slogans. The Panthers Party leaders who started their procession from Jantar Mantar for restoration of AIIMS to Jammu were addressed by several senior leaders. They were arrested by the Police and lodged in Parliament Street Police Station.
Addressing the gathering Harsh Dev Singh said that JKNPP shall continue with its peaceful protests and agitations till AIIMS was restored to Jammu through a formal order issued by the authorities concerned. He said NPP would not question the wisdom of ACC (Coordination Committee on AIIMS) which comprised of intellectuals, educationists and other prominent notables in calling off the 72 hour Jammu Bandh and in suspending the agitation on the assurance of Dy Chief Minister, Dr Nirmal Singh, the NPP did not trust the saffron party which has repeatedly taken U-turns on all its fundamentals only to remain in power.
Mr Singh said that people of Jammu would no longer reconcile to their second class categorization by a highly biased and prejudiced Kashmir centric leadership. He said that the JKNPP had decided to take the fight for Jammu to every nook and corner of the State besides agitating the persistent neglect of the region in front of the Parliament in New Delhi.
Balwant Singh Mankotia and Yashpal Kundal also addressed the gathering before their arrest by police. Rajiv Jolly Khosla from Delhi Unit assured full support of Panthers Party in resolving the issues of J&K and in ensuring justice to Jammu region including its socio-political empowerment.
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