 Early Times Report
Vijaypur, Feb 1: Former minister and District Congress Committee, President, Manjit Singh today appealed Government to restore statehood with all reserved rights to the people in Jammu and Kashmir.
Speaking before the monthly meeting of the party workers at Vijaypur, Manjit Singh expressed concern over the plight of the Dogra State which had its over 100 years of glorious history written with bravery.
The downgrading of Jammu and Kashmir has deeply hurt the sentiments of the people who always feel proud to be from the State where their forefathers gave their lives to the foundation of the erstwhile State, he said.
Former Minister alleged that the Government should understand the sentiments of the people since they would not bear more.
“The silence on restoration of Statehood will cast the Government especially BJP. The people feel cheated with the hollow slogans,” alleged Manjit Singh, who was speaking before the monthly Party workers meeting at Vijaypur.
Singh said that there is a need to take serious view on the demands of the locals regarding reservation in jobs, colleges, professional colleges, and land.
“Reservation rights on the land, admission in educational institutions, professional institutions, and in Government jobs should be given to the locals so that they can save future of their children,” he said, quoting some examples of the educated youth without job.
There are highly educated youth, and some have just passed secondary school education, while many are professionally trained in different fields, but they are jobless, he said.
“Educated youth needs job. Instead of misleading with political slogans, the Government should generate avenues for these educated unemployed so that their skills can be utilized in right direction for nation building,” he said.
He threatened that people are in anger. “They may come out on roads, if their demand for Statehood, and reservation rights of locals is not accepted as early as possible,” he added.
Those who spoke on the occasions includes Sr Congress Leader Babbal Gupta, retd Col Swaran Singh, Tirath Bhagat, Block President Ramgarh, Ch Bachan Lal, Block President B.B Babu Lal Bhagat, Senior OBC leader Madan Chalotra, President OBC cell Samba District Bharat Bhushan, Sarpanch Vijaypur Joginder Lal, Master Thoru Ram, Ex Chairman Muncipal Committee Bari Bramhna Pushap Raj, Ex Sarpanch Balwant SIngh Nagra, Ex Sarpanch Natha Ram, Mohan SIngh, Charan Dass and others. |
