EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, June 24: In continuation to its campaign against imposition of Entry Tax at Lakhanpur on vehicles carrying pilgrims for the holy cave of Amarnath, hundreds of activists of Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM), Jammu District, today held a massive protest demonstration and burnt the effigy of the state government.
Led by BJYM District President Munish Khajuria, the morcha activists raised slogans against the decision of the government and demanded immediate withdrawal of this discriminatory decision.
BJYM State President Munish Sharma, who also joined the protestors termed the entry tax as Jazia, saying, the present NC-Congress coalition government in the state has least respect for the religious sentiments of the Hindus. He said most unfortunate was stoic silence of the ministers from Jammu, who till date have not uttered a single word over the government decision.
Speaking on the occasion, Khajuria said that the recent decision of the state government to charge Rs. 2000 from vehicles carrying pilgrims of Shri Amarnath Yatra was a conspiracy to throttle the visit of Hindu pilgrims in the state. He said it was not for the first time that such a decision has been taken. In the past also, 2008 in particular, the Kashmir-centric government in the state forced the lakhs of Hindus to agitate for 63 days against the decision aimed at creating hurdles in the smooth conduct of Shri Amarnath Yatra.
Meanwhile, he warned the government to immediately withdraw this decision failing which the BJYM activists will intensify their agitation. Others present included Munish Gupta, Keshav Chopra, Manumanav Mahajan, Naresh Mahajan, Tarun Sharma, Ravi Mehra, Ajay Magotra, Vikas Sharma, Naveen Dogra,Deepak Chib, Raj Kumar, Ritesh Gupta, Sahil Gupta, Rajinder Gupta, Mohan Lal, Parimoksh Seth, Adarsh Bhagat, Vijay Choudhary, Amreek Singh, Jaideep Samyal, Parshant Puri and Vikas Sharma.
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