Excelsior Correspondent
KISHTWAR, Apr 7: Congress Party staged a protest demonstration at district headquarter here against the failure of BJP- led Government in preventing to dilute the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act through a Supreme Court order.
Led by Pradesh Congress Committee (PCC), vice president and MLA Inderwal, Ghulam Mohammed Saroori, a large number of Congress workers gathered at Dak Bungalow Kishtwar and marched towards the old DC office. They were shouting slogans against the Centre and State Governments, denouncing the move to dilute the Act, enacted to protect the interest of the SC, ST people.
Addressing party workers/ SC/ST Cell members, Saroori said the Congress has always stood firmly in support of issues that concern the depressed classes. He said that the SC/ST Act was passed under the Prime Ministership of Rajiv Gandhi to protect the SC and ST community from atrocities and presently party chief Rahul Gandhi is raising his voice on these issues.
“Dalits, SCs, Gujjar communities are facing distress and many families stand devastated because of the atrocities committed on them,” he said and added that Government not committed to ensuring the welfare of the Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and the underprivileged sections of the society. He said that Congress party have already asked the Centre to either bring an amendment to the said law or file a curative petition before the Supreme Court but till date no concrete steps have been taken by the Government.
Saroori further said that PDP-BJP Coalition Government has totally failed to address the problems of the people of the State including Pani, Bijli and Sarak. “Since they (BJP-PDP) joined hands, the miseries of the people of Jammu and Kashmir have increased manifolds. While the BJP cheated people of Jammu, the people of Kashmir were cheated by the PDP,” Saroori maintained.
He said that all the promises made with the people prior to the Assembly elections of 2014 remained unfulfilled. “More than three and half years have passed but they have failed to fulfill any of the promises, the MLA maintained.
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