STATE TIMES NEWS
JAMMU: The residents of Block Pargwal of Chaamb Assembly segment on Friday lodged a strong protest and submitted a memorandum to the Chairman Delimitation Commission though Tehsildar, Pargwal.
Hundreds of people gathered at Pargwal Tehsil under the leadership of former Deputy Chief Minister of erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir and senior Congress leader, Tara Chand, who lodged strong protest over re-naming of Chhamb assembly segment to Khour.
Speaking on the occasion, Tara Chand said that the Block Pargwal, Khour and Kharah Balli is known by the name of Chhamb Constituency.
At present Chhamb is in Pakistan, but large area of Chhamb is in proposed Khour Segment and the people of this area strongly demand not to change the name of Chhamb Constituency to Khour.
The participants of protest unanimously endorsed the point raised by Tara Chand.
Moreover, the locals strongly objected to merging of Pargwal Tehsil with the Akhnoor assembly segment which was earlier the part of Chhamb assembly segment, whereas, Chowki-Chora Tehsil and Maira Mandrian Tehsil have been merged with the proposed Khour assembly segment.
Tara Chand said that the distance from Khour to Chowki-Chora is around 100 kilometers and it seems that the Delimitation Commission ignoring the topographical and geographical aspects have merged these Tehsils with Chhamb Assembly segment to benefit the leaders of the ruling dispensation.
The people of Assembly segment Chhamb khour rejects the unacceptable preliminary Delimitation report submitted by the Commission which has caused great havoc, resentment, discontentment and the nevertheless blood curdling situation in the union territory of J&K.
Tara Chand further said that the government has failed on all fronts and the youth of Jammu and Kashmir is on roads. He said that the unemployment is increasing day by day and the government notwithstanding providing employment is snatching away the jobs of the youth.
Mentioning the protest of Police Border Battalion aspirants Tara Chand came down heavily on the administration and termed it a mute spectator towards the core issue of unemployment.
Prominent among those present include Varun Magotra, Daljeet Singh, Jagattar Singh, Jagdish Raj Sharma, Kalidas, Devinder Chib, Bodhraj Shamlal, Ratanlal Sharma, Vipin Lachotra, Shamsher Dass, Karan Singh office bearers of BCC, DCC Congress Delegates, Sarpanchs and Panchs.