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SAMBA: JKPCC Vice President and former Minister Raman Bhalla on Thursday as a part of Jan Jagran Abhiyan led strong protest against rise in fuel prices, inflation and faulty policies of the Narendra Modi government at the Centre claiming was causing immense distress to people.
The protest was organised by DCC President Sanjeev Sharma and Babal Gupta.
Prominent among those present on the occasion include JKPYC President Uday Bhanu Chib, Sewa Dal Vice President Vijay Sharma Babbi, OBC Department Chairmen Suresh Kr. Dogra, SC Cell Vice Chairman Karan Bhagat, Kamar Singh, Vinod Kumar, Tirth Ram, Adv. Lovely, Adv. Jaspreet Kour, Dharm Pal, Panch Sunil Kumar, Sudesh Kumar and Anita Devi District President PDP joined the Congress party in this programme.
The protest rally passed through various Bazaars holding placards, flags and raising slogans against BJP Govt.
Speaking on the occasion, Bhalla said the economy was in a precarious state and unemployment was rising sharply, while the Centre.
“From Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru to Dr Manmohan Singh, Congress governments built this country through various schemes, institutions, development works but the present Modi government has sold the railways, airports, ports, roads, public sector banks, insurance companies, power generation to its industrialist friends and enslaved the people of the country to the rich,” Bhalla claimed.
BJP came to power on the back of false promises in 2014, and the Centre’s policies had led to rise in fuel and gas prices as well as inflation. He added that the goal is to increase public awareness against the run-away inflation and back breaking price rise which is “destroying livelihoods and adding to people’s woes caused by the destruction of the economy, deepening recession, highest ever unemployment rate, farm distress and escalating levels of poverty and hunger”, he said.
The Jan Jagran Abhiyan will focus on these woes of people and raise voice against them. During the course of the ‘Jan Jagran Abhiyan’, Congress party workers will reach out to the maximum number of people across the country to strengthen the people’s voice against the unprecedented price rise in the CNG, cooking gas, diesel, petrol, cooking oil, pulses and other essential commodities.
Bhalla demanded immediate restoration of the statehood before announcing Assembly elections in the Jammu and Kashmir. This, he said, will be in the larger interest of the country, people, central government and democracy. He said if the elections are held before restoring full statehood, it will be grave injustice with people of J&K. We don’t want Delhi or Pondicherry like states where Lt Governor have all the powers, he said adding this is a border state where on one side there is China and other side Pakistan.