Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Apr 12: The Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCI) Jammu and at least fifty other trade and industrial bodies today decided to go for indefinite Jammu bandh if the Government failed to take appropriate steps to deal with the NIT Srinagar issue.
In an emergency meeting convened at the Chamber House today, all the Bazar, Trade, Transport and Industrial Associations were invited to give view point on the NIT row. The president Jammu Chamber Rakesh Gupta brought it to the notice of all those present, the steps taken for getting justice for the nationalist students who had faced atrocities of the Police force inside the NIT Srinagar Campus. The Chamber expressed deep anguish that the demands put forth few days back, before the Government through the media were not taken care of.
After hearing the views of all the heads of the Associations, it was unanimously decided that the Dy Chief Minister Dr Nirmal Singh along with the local Administration should be invited to Chamber House for an open discussion in presence of media persons and they be asked to justify their action against the innocent students of NIT. It was further decided that if the Dy Chief Minister fails to respond, the Chamber shall have no option but to call for Jammu bandh which may also force the Chamber to call for an indefinite Jammu bandh.
It was also deliberated that such action of few handful anti-nationals in the Kashmir Valley can jeopardise the security of thousands of students from the State studying in other parts of the country and also the businessmen from the State may face wrath all over India which may result in huge losses to the business for which separatists forces and anti-nationals shall be solely responsible. The members felt that that the action of police inside the NIT campus was an attack on Tricolor and not on the nationalist students, hence it should be taken very seriously by the Govt of J&K and also by the Govt of India.
The Chamber warned the Government that if they have not learned lessons from the last year’s AIIMS agitation then they should be ready to face the final fight by the nationalist forces. It said that such incidents if not handled strictly in time will lead to trifurcation of J&K State which shall be in no body’s interest.
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