Early Times Report
Vijaypur, Mar 14: At a time when the two ruling allies are trying to project unity all for the sake of ensuring electoral prospects, a senior leader of Congress and former minister has punctured the claims by uttering something which exposes mainly the party in the steering wheel NC. The uttering also brings this fact to fore once again that when ruling National Conference has failed to fulfill needs and aspirations of its ally Congress and its workers, what good it can do with the masses in general. Threatening to launch agitation against the administration, senior Congress leader and former Minister Manjit Singh today staged a protest demonstration at the office of Deputy Commissioner Samba where hundreds of people assembled. Manjit Singh's statement is indicative of the fact that Congress leaders and ministers too have failed to address the problems confronted by its own party workers.
The huge demonstration was led by Manjit Singh to highlight suffering of the farmers.Hundreds of people from Barota, Kajyal, Kamore, Kamore camp,Lagwal, Rangoor, Rangoor Camp, Babral, Chak Paras, Jagatpur, Govind Garh, Nanga Majra villages took out a protest rally and reached the DC Samba office.
Led by Manjit Singh, the protesters shouted slogans against the administration for its ignorant attitude towards the border farmers who have been facing trouble following flash flood in Basanter-Devak River.
The protesters alleged that the flood water, in the recent rains, broke the already damaged bandh made to protest agriculture land and villages along the river. "The river water has entered into the fields damaging standing crop," Manjit Singh alleged, while saying that the Chief Minister Omar Abdullah who had visited the border villages eight months back following a past flash flood should look into the issue.
The Chief Minister, Singh said, should take personal interest in the redressal of the farmer's problem.
"The Government should enhance the compensation amount from Rs 300 per kanal to Rs 2000 per kanal as the farmers have spend much more money than they were offered by the Government following past flash flood in the border villages of Vijaypur," Singh said.
After hour long demonstration, Manjit Singh handed over a memorandum of demands to Chief Minister Omar Abdullah though Deputy Commissioner, Samba. He hoped that the PHE Minister Sham Lal Sharma as wells as Omar Abdullah would take quick steps for the solution of problem. "The administration has 15 days time to consider demand of the suffering farmers. If the demands are not met within stipulated time, they would be forced to launch agitation and then, administration would be responsible," he threatened. Prominent among those who participated in the demonstration includes Capt. Swaran Singh, Manjit Singh, Balwant Singh Nagra,Capt Swaran Choudhary, Mahesh Kumar, Sarpanch Natha Ram, Joginder Singh, Caption Bahadur Singh, Panch Gurdass, Gurbachan Singh, Rajja Choudhary, Master Mela Ram, Raj Kumar, Jeet Lal, Darshan, Babal Gupta, Principal Kuldeep Bhagat, Satish Sharma, Dr Pankaj Bhagat, Caption Mohan Lal Sharma, Tilak Raj Sharma, Naib Sarpanch Ram Murti, Panch Ram Lal, Sarpanch Sham Lal Bhagat, Panch Sucha Ram, and Ex-Minister Gurbachna Kumari also addressed people. |
