Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Feb 25: Alleging large scale bungling and frauds in various schemes of Horticulture Department, hundreds of JKNPP workers today held a massive demonstration outside the office of Director Horticulture Jammu.
Raising slogans against the Horticulture Department and its Director for shielding the culprits, the workers of Panthers party sought punitive action against certain officers of the department who had been indicted by the enquiry committee for having committed frauds and irregularities.
Speaking on the occasion, Rajesh Padgotra, provincial president, JKNPP accused the Horticulture Department of plundering the subsidies meant for poor orchardists in connivance with certain politicians and fake beneficiaries.
He regretted that rather than taking action against the indicted officers, the Director Horticulture has started harassing the members of the Enquiry Committee and threatening them of dire consequences.
The protestors appealed the Governor to take cognizance of the acts of omission and commission in the Horticulture Department with stringent punitive action against the offenders including indicted officers, Director Horticulture and a delinquent MLA failing which the Panthers Party would resort to protests.
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