 Early Times Report
SUNDERBANI, Nov 27: Congress today took out a strong protest in Sunderbani town to raise several burning issues of the different sections especially price hike, unemployment and farmers.
Led by former MLC and chief spokesperson JKPCC, Ravinder Sharma along with chairman PCC Refugees Cell Vinod Sharma and large number of Congress workers the rally started from Ramleela Ground and passed through main bus stand up to tehsil complex. Carrying banners and placards, the Congress workers raised slogans against the BJP government's anti-people policies. Prominent leaders included Block Congress president NC Sharma, Ajit Singh, Vaishno Dass, Captain Babu Ram, Sarpanch Kishori Dass, Yog Raj, Ashok Kumar, Sarbjeet, Dr Ved Kukka, Ashwani Kumar, Joginder Singh, Shabir Chaudhary, Captain Sadiq, Patel Kumar, Bhupinder Singh, Rakesh Singh and others.
Addressing the rally, Sharma listed various failures of the BJP government and UT administration and later submitted a detailed memorandum.
The memorandum demanded that unprecedented price hike must be controlled. The centre govt and UT administration must take immediate steps to reduce the price hike and taxations to give relief to the sufferings of common people.
The government must wake up to deal with the alarming unemployment situation and create adequate jobs for educated youths besides providing private job opportunities to needy work force. Highlighting the farmers' issue, the memorandum said that the farm community is on roads for over one year against the anti-farmers policies of Modi government and three black laws sought to withdrawn were repealed only after long struggle and sacrifices.
While attention was also drawn towards Beripattan Double Lift Irrigation Scheme, a gift of Dr Manmohan Singh govt to the farmers, sanctioned in 2013 and started in 2014, targeted to be completed in Dec 2018, has been abandoned after expenditure of crores of rupees.
In addition a mega filtration plant formulated for meeting drinking water needs of entire Western belt up to Bhenigala hasn't been sanctioned, it added.
Sharma hoped that all the demands raised shall receive due considerations at appropriate levels. |
