Excelsior Correspondent
RAJOURI, Feb 1: Nowshera town today observed complete bandh and agitating people blocked Jammu-Poonch highway for about four hours in protest against the denial of Additional DC’s post to the area.
Entire market, schools and college, besides banks also remained closed and vehicles did not ply on the roads for hours. The students boycotted classes and also joined protest in large number. The people from all the politically parties joined the protest for their common cause.
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Beopar Mandal Nowshera led by Subash Kappor, local Bar Association president Ashwani Kumar Sharma, Sanatan Dharam Sabha president Jagdish Sawhney and local leaders of various political parties were leading the protest demonstration. They all came on one platform. Earlier, they assembled at Bus Stand and then moved to the National Highway near TPC/ Bridge. They all sat on protest dharna on the busy road at around 10.10 am.
They were raising loud slogans against Chief Minister, Mehbooba Mufti, CAPD Minister Ch Zulfkar and demanding that ADC’s post be given to Nowshera. Some local leaders also addressed the gathering. They said that Nowshera is largest sub-district in Rajouri and more over Sunderbani and Taryath (Kalakote) are about 70 kms from Rajouri and Kotranka was hardly 32 kms. The border areas of Nowshera like Jhangar, Lam, Ladoka, Sher Makri etc were also about 55-60 kms from Rajouri district headquarters. There was no justification of providing ADC’s post to Kandi (Kotranka). They alleged that local Minister Ch Zulfkar Ali has manipulated the decision which in no way was fair and justified. A large number of vehicles remained stranded on the highway for hours together due to blockade.
MLC Surinder Choudhary also raised this issue in the Upper House today and claimed that people were on the road. He demanded that Nowshera should get justice.
Later, DC Rajouri Shahid Iqbal talked to the people on phone and said that he is forwarding this proposal to the Government and it is likely to be taken up in next Cabinet meeting. The people then lifted dharna at around 2.30 pm.
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