A large number of local residents including ladies, childrens and Sr. citizens assembled at the Dogra Sadar Sabha (DSS) office at Dogra Hall Jammu and Insisted on launching a strong protest against the discriminatory and cruel dissection of the city of temples in two half’s under the false and frivolous garb of security of the secretariat housing public leaders and public servants. “Jammu is a peaceful law abiding city of temples” said the prominent persons of the area adding that the “decision to block the road is unreasonable, cruel, uncalled for and arbitrary since there has been no incidence or report of any threat to security in this area”. It is nothing but a policy of suppressing the peace loving people of Jammu and hurting their religious feelings by denying centuries old access to their historical temple.
The besides, it is a cruel hardship for school going children, women coming to MH Zanana park and for patients going to SMGS Hospital and the funeral processions on way to Jogi Gate. The loss to tourism, traders, and the inconvenience to the porters, hawkers and Rehriwals is a blow on their lively hood; some having shifted from Kashmir in winters to make two ends meet.
The President DSS Th. Gulchain Singh Charak pacified the agitated members and asked them to calm down till we receive an outcome of the Memorandum submitted to the Hon’ble Chief Minister Ms Mehbooba mufti, Dy. Chief Minister Dr. Nirmal Singh, Speaker, local Ministers, MPs, MLAs & Presidents of Political parties. He also expedited the 19 member subcommittee formed under the Co-convener of All Jammu Civil Society Forum Sh. Abdul Majid to establish liaison and furnish a report and arrive at future course of action. The agitated members reiterated their resolve to go to any extent to undo this injustice that is denying them their fundamental right to religious freedom, hampering their social obligations and obstructing day to day life.
He also pointed that the State government have reduce the academic syllabus to 50% for the valley students because of the disturbance in the valley but given no consideration to the law abiding poor students of Jammu border areas who are losing education due to closure of schools in border areas or for accommodating border villagers. It was forcefully brought out that the government must extend similar concession to the border area students and also give them fair share of any employment packages that are received from the Central Government.
Prominent among other present in the meeting were S/Sh. Parshotam Thapa, Prem Sagar Gupta, Vijay Anand, Sharda Devi, Soniya, Sourav Gill, Madhu Singh, B.D Naryal, Amar Mooman, Anthony Gill, Satpaul & Narinder Datt.,
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