Apni Party activists hold protest rally
Excelsior Correspondent
VIJAYPUR, Mar 1: Apni Party took out a massive protest demonstration in Vijaypur town today, demanding restoration of statehood and holding of Assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir.
Hundreds of people, businessmen, ex-PRIs, and prominent people and the Party leaders, who participated in the protest rally, were led by the Apni Party Provincial president, Jammu, and former Minister, Manjit Singh in the town.
The peaceful demonstration was taken out from the market area amid slogans for the restoration of democratic system while the protesters were carrying banners in support of their demands.
As the anger among the people has grown, and the Election Commission of India has yet to take call on the holding of polls in J&K, the Apni Party held the protest to highlight the popular demands of the people who were deprived of their democratic rights and left to the mercy of inefficient and adamant bureaucracy.
“The people of J&K have constantly been demanding holding of Assembly elections that has been snatched by downgrading it into two Union Territories,” Manjit said while addressing a huge protest rally at Vijaypur town.
“The people in both the regions of J&K have similar demands to hold elections and restore democracy because the bureaucracy has almost paralyzed the functioning in Govt Departments public interest as the gap between the present regime and the public has widened in an unprecedented manner,” he stated while urging the Govt of India for the restoration of statehood.
He further referred to the issues of the Displaced Persons/Refugees who have yet to be granted land rights on the Custodian land even as they have lived there for the last seven decades. Singh stated that the pending demands of the DPs/Refugees should be accepted by granting them proprietary rights on the Custodian land.
He also demanded release of the pending package of Rs 25 lakhs for each DP/Refugee family and employment package and special recruitment for the border residents.
District president, Raman Thappa, SC State president, Bodh Raj Bhagat, OBC State president Bhagat Ram, Apni Trade Union president, Ajaz Kazmi, SC State general secretary, Capt. Joginder Lal, Vishal Nariana, Lovely Mangol, Sahil Bharti, Tirath Singh and others also joined.
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