STATE TIMES NEWS
KATRA: Amid ongoing Nation Wide Haath Se Haath Jodo programme of the Party, Jammu and Kashmir Pradesh Congress Committee on Friday organized Padyatra from from Shalimar Park to Bus Stand Katra to highlight the various issues of public concer, especially to oppose property tax, price rise, unemployment and other problems faced by people.
The programme was organized by District Congress Committee Reasi under the presidentship of Rajesh Sadhotra
Rajesh Sadhotra, Rakesh Wazir and Bhupinder Singh highlighted the local problems like ” Rope Way” from Katra to Bhawan and said that it would not be benefitted for the local people as well as the Yatris and demanded that work should be abandoned immediately.
Addressing the gathering, PCC Chief Vikar Rasool Wani accused NDA Govt at the Centre and LG Administration in the JK UT of ignoring critical issues of people like inflation, sluggish economic growth and rising unemployment. He demanded restoration of statehood and early assembly elections. The decision of property tax should be left for the elected Government of Jammu and Kashmir.
JKPCC Working President Raman Bhalla said that the people of Jammu and Kashmir are suffering because BJP and we will expose this before the people of the JKUT.
He lashed out at the government for the unprecedented price rise of all commodities making difficult for the poor to survive.
The property tax imposed by the LG administration on common people is another anti-people decision which should be withdrawn.
Bhalla strongly opposed the property tax, eviction of poor and common man, check on price rise and rising unemployment and job scams. He expressed concern over continued targeted killings and arbitrary orders of UT administration.