| To honor anti-Mandal agitation martyrs, AVM, AIR organise Sharadhanjali Samaroh | | | Early Time Report
Jammu, Sept 24: Arakshan Virodhi Manch (AVM) Jammu and India Against Reservation jointly organized a Sharadhanjali Samaroh at Press Club here on Tuesday to pay rich tribute to the martyrs of Anti Mandal Agitation of 1990 which was against the implementation of Mandal Commission by the then Government of India.
It may be recalled that the 'Martyrs Day' is celebrated in the memory of those who sacrificed their lives fighting for the cause of the society, securing equality, justice and liberty to all sections of society . The occasion started with the citation of Gyatri Mantra by Raj Kumar Banathia. Vice President AVMJ, Ram Paul Seth on the occasion described the martyrs the real epitome of courage, justice, sacrifice and equality.
"The young martyrs exhibited highest courage determination and commitment to awake the countrymen. It is unfortunate that the politicians of this country didn't learn any lesson from the sacrifices of the youths and continued their agenda of discrimination divide and rule principle," he said. "The policies are being framed keeping in mind the vote bank and not the Nation." President Dehati Brahman Sabha Om Parkash Srikul also paid tributes to the martyrs of 1990 and opposed the caste based reservation. Satpal Sharma also spoke on the occasion.
A two minutes silence was observed in honour of the martyrs. Among those who paid tribute to the martyrs included Yash Paul Senson, Gen Secy AVMJ, Sat Paul Sharma , President IAR, Kamla Sharma, Pawan Kumari, Raj Kumar Banathia, Bhushan Pargal, Madan Abrol, Sundar Das, O P Srikant, Master Hardev Singh Slathia, Rajesh Sharma, Deepak Agarwal, Krishan Kumar Sharma, Tara Chand Sharma, Satya Dutt Sharma, Ved Prakash Sharma President Brahmin Sabha, V K Sharma, Som Nath Sharma, Ravi Sawhney, Maheshwar Sharma, Kuldeep Singh, Babli Rajput, Sheetal Jamwal and Kiran Sharma. |
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