Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Sept 4: Batting strongly for declaring the birth anniversary of Maharaja Hari Singh as a State holiday, Yuva Rajput Sabha (YRS) has threatened that if their demand is not fulfilled, they will gherao the Jammu MLAs.
Addressing a press conference here today, YRS president, Rajveer Singh said that the people of Jammu region in general and members of Yuva Rajput Sabha would not hesitate to launch a direct action for getting September 23, birth anniversary of Maharaja Hari Singh, declared as State holiday.
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“J&K Legislative Council in January has already passed a resolution to declare the birth anniversary of the Maharaja as a State holiday but the members of the Legislative Assembly did not take up the issue so far and we will not forgive our elected representatives from Jammu region if the State Government does not declare September 23 as a holiday,” he warned and appealed people of Jammu, irrespective of their caste and religion, to join hands for this genuine cause.
He said that Maharaja Hari Singh did not discriminate between his Hindu and Muslim subjects and gave priority only to meritocracy and appointed the best from his subjects irrespective of their religion and caste in his court, administration and army.