Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Mar 28: A strong protest demonstration was held outside Pradesh Congress Committee head office at Shaheedi Chowk here today over the dismissal of Harish Rawat led Congress Govt in Uttrakhand and imposition of President’s rule at the instance of Modi Govt at the Centre.
A large number of Congress leaders and workers led by PCC chief GA Mir and other senior leaders of the party held a protest demonstration, here today raising slogans against the BJP led Central Govt over the `undemocratic step’ of imposition of President’s rule in Uttrakhand. The workers also burnt the effigy of BJP Govt led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi against its alleged undemocratic and dictatorial policies. The party workers raised anti-BJP and anti-Modi slogans and termed the action as ‘undemocratic’.
The Congress activists including Mahila workers assembled outside PCC headquarters and raised slogans criticizing the decision terming the same as murder of democracy. Senior leaders of PCC, Legislators, heads of frontal organizations and leaders of DCC, BCC of Jammu participated in the demonstration.
Addressing the gathering PCC chief lashed out at the BJP and Modi Govt for adopting undemocratic means to destabilize and dismiss the Congress Govts in the states. He said that first in Arunachal Pradesh and now Uttrakhand, which amounts to murder of democracy. He said that the Governor had given date for the floor test to prove majority to the Harish Rawat Govt but President’s rule was recommended by Centre and imposed a day before the floor test. He termed it a black day in the democracy of the country and said that Congress would fight against the dictatorial policies of the BJP.
Senior leaders Sham Lal Sharma, Rigzin Jora, Raman Bhalla, GN Monga, Haji Abdul Rashid, Jahangir Mir, Kanta Bhan, Ravinder Sharma, Yogesh Sawhney, Dr Manohar Lal, Shabir Khan, Vikram Malhotra, Manmohan Sikngh, Namrata Sharma, Surinder Singh Channi, Faqir Nath, Rajnish Sharma, Ch Mohd Akram, Gulzar Wani, Gulam Raza, Indu Pawar, Anil Chopra, Maheshwar Singh, Shiv Kumar Sharma, Kuldeep Verma, Sain Rashid, Ashok Sharma, Shafiq Mir, Pranav Shagotra, Neeraj Kundan, Neeraj Gupta, Ashwani Puri, Manjit Singh Jatt and Pradeep Parihar were prominent among those who participated in the protest.
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