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Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, Mar 20: Various trade and other organizations today held a protest in Sopore against shifting of Joint Director Education office from Sopore town to Baramulla.
The protestors raised slogans against administration and alleged that a conspiracy is being hatched against the people of Sopore town. The protestors later took out a peaceful rally at Iqbal Market.
The protestors marched from Girls Higher Secondary to Iqbal Market Sopore amid anti-Government and anti administration slogans.
The rally was addressed by president Traders Federation Haji Mohammad Ashraf and other civil society members. The sit-in protest was held at Iqbal Market Sopore with support of people from Bandipora and Kupwara districts as well against the shifting of Joint Director Education.
“Earlier Joint Director Education joined the office at District Institute of Education and training (DIET) Sopore but the office was shifted from Sopore to Baramulla on political considerations”, alleged the coordination committee Sopore.