* Cong condemns Billawar killings
Excelsior Correspondent
SAMBA, Mar 9: JKPCC chief Tariq Hameed Karra today lashed out at the Central Government and the LG administration for being clueless as the security situation and law and order is worsening in upper reaches of Kathua district of Jammu region.
Addressing a massive gathering of District Congress Samba,today as part of ongoing campaign of the party for restoration of statehood, Karra said that the shocking incidents in Billawar – Bani belt of Kathua district for the last few days, in the background of serious terror incidents in the recent past, in the area, expose the false claims of Central Government and LG administration regarding normalcy either on militancy front or law and order situation.
Such is the state of affairs that the government is still clueless about the recent Killings of five persons in two incidents in mysterious circumstances while the administration is behaving is most biased manner instead taking cooperation of all in dealing with the situation.
Our senior party leaders Ch Lal Singh and a team were detained at Ramkote Police Station to stop them from proceeding ahead while Dr Manohar Lal Sharma and team were restrained and stopped at Dinga Amb from proceeding towards the residence of victims to share the grief of families, on the contrary the BJP MLAs and leaders were allowed to go there ,questioning the LG Administration’s inapt handling.
He also criticised the attempt to assault MLA Bani by the miscreants and termed it unfortunate that a public representative was treated like this while performing his duty towards people.
Earlier, two-minute silence was observed to mourn the killing of three persons whose bodies were recovered yesterday and to pray for peace to the departed souls besides to pray for solidarity with the victims families.
Karra asked BJP to explain it’s position over the delay in the restoration of statehood which was promised by the Prime Minister and Home Minister to the people, time and again but completely silent now, after Assembly elections.
Most unfortunate is the complete silence of BJP MLAs over the restoration of statehood which is the basic right and question of identity and status of all people of J&K. The Dogra rulers and Dogras fought for the expansion of the boundaries of this great and vast state which was dismembered and downgraded by BJP thus insulting the Dogra rulers and Dogras the most.
He also referred to the numerous sufferings of people on account of BJP government and LG adm snatching their lands under their possession for decades , price hike, huge taxations, power and water taxations, rising price rise and record unemployment, issues of illegal mining etc and said only restoration of statehood is the way out to find solution to their problems.
Senior leaders Raman Bhalla and Ravinder Sharma besides others also spoke on the occasion. They strongly criticised BJP MLAs over their criminal silence on Billawar killings.
Prominent among others present on the occasion included- Th Hari Singh Chib, Indu Pawar, Ved Mahajan, Gurbachan Rana, Yashpal Kundal, T S Tony, DCC president for Samba Sanjeev Sharma, Durga Dass, Babbal Gupta, Jagdeep Singh, K D Singh, B B Kundal, Tirth Bhagat, Sanjeev Panda, Rajveer Singh, Jatin Raina, Jagpreet Kour, Vijay Chaudhary Mandeep Chaudhary and others.
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