Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Sept 6: All Jammu Civil Society Forum (AJCSF) has demanded a definite solution to J&K problem, acceptable to all the regions of the State.
Addressing a news conference here today, former Minister and Forum’s convenor, Gulchain Singh Charak said that an honest, clean, non-discriminatory and corruption free Government that is fair to all and capable of providing balanced share in power and development to all the three regions of the State, is the immediate need of the hour.
Charak further said that AJCSF on Monday met the All Party Delegation (APD) which was led by Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh and submitted a memorandum which contained all the genuine demands and aspirations of the State.
He said that there is a full collapse of governing machinery and near total hibernation of the politicians of all main parties including sitting MLAs and Ministers from their respective constituencies.
He further said that as the common man has no access to Civil Secretariat, which is shut and all routine matters including payments that need Government’s approval, Forum’s Convenor said that they requested the delegation to issue directions to the State Government for making the Summer Secretariat at Jammu functional with full powers so that the public may heave a sigh of relief.
Expressing concern over the attacks on Jammu based truckers and oil tankers and the damages caused to their vehicles in Kashmir by the miscreants and the losses suffered by the Jammu region, Charak said, “The trade, commerce and business in Jammu region has come to a standstill with whopping amounts of pending payments from Kashmir.”
Tourism, hotels and pilgrimage which were the mainstay, have largely suffered. The losses are enormous and have caused devastation to the small scale suppliers, businessmen and tradesmen who have been pushed to starvation. Development works have halted for want of release of funds by Government. Even routine payments like meager annuity to widows and gallant soldiers have not been paid after April 2015.
The Forum further appealed the APD for telecasting special programmes of 20 hours regularly to counter the vicious propaganda by Pakistan television aiming at creating hatred in our side by starting Duggar Channel on the analogy of DD Kashir.
Prominent among those present in the conference included Abdul Majid Co-Convener, Maj Gen (Retd) GS Jamwal, Annil Suri, GA Khawaja and Yash Paul Gupta.
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