Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Aug 17: Initiating intra-regional dialogue involving civil society from Ladakh and Jammu regions, Jammu Chamber of Commerce and Industries today offered to the Kashmir Civil Society to join the same and resolved to go for bandh on August 20 in support of restoration of peace in State and against the agenda of anti-nationals.
In an emergency meeting convened today at Chamber House Jammu under the chairmanship of Rakesh Gupta (president), heads and representatives from all major trade, bazaar, Industrial, tourism and transport associations besides members of civil society discussed the grave situation in Kashmir valley for the last so many days, resulting into law and order problem and tarnishing the face of J&K and loss of precious human lives.
The members condemned the deaths of the civilians and the security force personnel. They blamed anti- nationals for the loss of human lives and violence in Kashmir. The Chamber president expressed that the current situation in Kashmir has pushed our State backward by decades. He also said that many prominent people from the civil society in Kashmir have approached Jammu Chamber to intervene and break the deadlock and help the situation in Kashmir back to normalcy as they are unable to speak or do anything and have been made to sit as prisoners in their homes for more than one month now because of the fear and threat of guns of the anti- nationals.
After consulting all business, industry and transport representatives, it was unanimously decided to give a deadline to the people of Kashmir for intra- regional discussions with the people of Jammu and Ladakh as they do not support the way of protests chosen by them which was leading the people towards the path of self- destruction and not self- determination.
The Jammu Chamber president conveyed to the people in Kashmir though media that if by Friday, August 19, 1 pm, the Jammu Chamber does not get a positive message from representatives of Kashmir Civil Society for intra- regional dialogue followed by a joint delegation of representatives from three regions of Jammu Kashmir and Ladakh to call on CM, Mehbooba Mufti, with a charter of demands, for consideration and necessary action, the Jammu Chamber shall be left with no option but to call for Jammu bandh on Saturday August 20 in support of peace and communal harmony and against the agenda of the anti- national elements in the State.
The Jammu Chamber further warned those who were trying to radicalize the youths and appealed for the communal harmony throughout the State. It also warned those political parties who are trying to add fuel to the fire rather than acting responsibly to contain the situation.
Chamber president said that all those Kashmiri families have temporarily shifted to Jammu in wake of the worse situation in Kashmir because they feel that Jammu is the safest for people from all the communities to live in.
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