STATE TIMES NEWS
JAMMU: JKPCC Vice President and former Minister Raman Bhalla on Monday claimed that Jammu region has suffered unprecedented bias and prejudice under present BJP regime and robbing the Dogra land of is due and legitimate share its multifarious sectors and observed that Union Govt should not delay in restoring Statehood to J&K claiming that it will cost BJP seriously as has been witnessed in recent bye-elections results throughout country.
This was stated by former Minister while interacting with aggrieved people of Guru Nanak Nagar area of Gandhi Nagar Constituency here on Monday.
Prominent among those present on the occasion include Block Mandeep Singh, Balwinder Singh Rinku, Vijay Singh Chib, Vijay khajuria vijju, Gurdeep Singh kaka, Ankush Gupta, K S Slathia, Ramesh Singh, Ashok Singh, Deepak Malhotra, Sushil Sharma, Nanda, Tony, Arun Gupta, Sonu Bakshi beside others.
Speaking on the occasion, Bhalla condemned frequent anti-encroachment drives, marking of yellow paints outside shops and dismantling of alleged encroachments in various areas had already fueled anger among the businessmen from the last several weeks.
He condemned dismantling the front elevation and shutters of a prominent shop at ShivaJi Chowk during morning hours, said the protesting shopkeepers.
He said that all the issues must be resolved peacefully.
He said however, LG Administration is working in a wayward manner and does not even consider court stays in many cases. He extended full support of party to businessmen community.
The marking outside the shops in Jammu City has been started by the JMC with yellow to keep the pathway clear from encroachment and the same is being opposed by the shopkeepers of Old City.
Bhalla said that history bore testimony to the fact that Jammu region had all along remained neglected in various spheres including employment, development. He said that most distressing was the fact that incumbent government gave persistent shocks to Jammuites by their ignominious surrenders on all Jammu related issues under the smoke screen of national interest. And all this notwithstanding the fact that BJP had proclaimed themselves as champions of Jammu cause, he lamented.
Appealing the youth and students to strengthen Congress, the lone political voice of Jammu region, for the honour and Justice to Dogra land, Bhalla said that the ultimate solution lay only in addressing burning issues of people of J&K.