Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Aug 25: Jammu and Kashmir National Conference (JKNC) has announced its full support to the proposed `Jammu Bandh’ on August 26 in protest against the toll collection at Sarore Toll Plaza and the installation of Smart Meters.
This was informed by Rattan Lal Gupta, JKNC Provincial President Jammu, while addressing a press conference here today. Abdul Gani Malik former Minister and Zone President Udhampur-Reasi; Surinder Choudhary, Ex-MLC; Abdul Gani Teli, Chairman OBC Cell; Vijay Lochan, SC Cell, Zeeshan Rana and Th Yashu Vardhan Singh were also present in the press conference.
The senior NC leader said that the people of Jammu are already on roads demanding the abolition of Sarore Toll Plaza and stopping of Smart Meters installation but this has had no effect at all on the Union Territory Administration and the ‘Jammu Bandh’ is the appropriate measure to get the genuine demands of the common people fulfilled. He said that in this connection the meeting called by the Union Minister Nitin Gadkari with the Jammu and Kashmir Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leadership and NHAI on Sarore Toll Plaza is a mere eyewash and BJP’s ploy to adopt delay tactics and befool the people.
Rattan Lal Gupta, while condemning the atrocities committed by police on the peaceful protestors the other day, demanded immediate release of the detained protestors and withdrawing of all the cases registered against them. He said that it is quite unreasonable for the Govt to gag the people’s voice on even the genuine issues affecting each and every person of the society.
The NC Provincial President warned the J&K Administration that people of Jammu will launch a massive agitation in case the authorities fail to concede the people’s genuine demand on these two burning issues.
Zeeshan Rana and Th Yashu Vardhan Singh, Additional Spokespersons JKNC said that the miseries of general public have increase manifold in absence of popular Government in J&K. They appealed to the Government at the Centre to restore democracy in Jammu and Kashmir by holding Assembly elections.
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