Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, June 12: AIIMS Coordination Committee today started chain hunger strike in protest against anti-Jammu and unjust decision of the Coalition Government to shift AIIMS from Jammu to Kashmir valley.
Chairman of Coordination Committee and President Bar Association Jammu, Advocate Abhinav Sharma along with retd Sessions Judge and President JPPF Pavitar Singh, Narayan Singh, President Shri Amar Khastriya Rajput Sabha, Anan Sharma, President J&K Tanker Association, Rajiv Chuni, President SoS, Inderjeet Khajuria, President Hotel and Lodges Association, Devinder Chowdhary, President Taxi Union, Peeran Ditta, President Shri Guru Ravidass Sabha, Professor B L Bhardwaj, JPPEF, Shyam Lal Bassan, President Dalit Chetna Manch and Kapil Sharma, President Dogra Liberation Front sat on the dharna.
Addressing the gathering at the lawns of Maharaja Hari Singh memorial near River Tawi bridge, Abhinav Sharma said, “rigid authorities are not ready to resolve the issue despite the fact the people of Jammu province observed two massive Bandhs on April 24 and May 27 respectively and organized a largely participated candle light protest march on June 5”.
“It is unfortunate that the ruling coalition instead of reading the writings on the wall has been pushing the people of Jammu Province to the wall for the simple reason that they have been demanding AIIMS,” Abhinav Sharma said, adding that the people of Jammu province are no longer prepared to swallow any kind of injustice. He said that patience of Jammu province has already ended and it would be the responsibility of the Coalition Government if the agitating people take recourse to means which the State Government may not appreciate.
“There is still time for the biased and Kashmir centric authorities to concede forthwith two immediate demands—establishments of AIIMS in Jammu and completion of artificial lake project over River Tawi at an earliest”, he said.
President CCI, Rakesh Gupta, former Bar Association President, B S Slathia, Professor Hari Om, former Member Public Service Commission, K B Jandial, M S Katoch, Sr Vice President CCI, Sham Langar, former CCI, President, Y V Sharma, JKHBA, Vice president Pranav Kohli, JKHBA, Gen Secy, A P Singh, Jt Secy Dipesh Pawar, Cashier Rahul Sharma, Young Lawyers Association, president Daljeet Singh, YLA vice president Pradeep Majotra, Dogra Brahmin Pratinidhi Sabha, President, Ved Prakash Sharma, Kamla Sharma, Dr C L Gupta, Ravi Mahajan, advocates Ravinder Sharma, Umesh Sharma, Tarun Sharma, J&K Pensioners Association, President, Mukand Lal Sharma and Association general secretary, Madan Lal Abrol also addressing the gathering.
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