Jammu, Mar 11: (UNI) Shouting slogans “Nafrat Chhodo-Bharat Jodo” slogans, the Jammu and Kashmir Pradesh Congress Committee leaders on Saturday took out “Hath se Hath Jodo Yatra” from Indira Nagar to Simbal Morh here in the city outskirts.
JKPCC President Vikar Rasool Wani flanked by Working President, Raman Bhalla and other senior leaders raising slogans “Property Tax Vapis Lo, Mehnghai Ko Kabu Karo Kabu Karo, Berozgari Dur Karo”, besides “Nafrat Chhodo-Bharat Jodo,” started march carrying placards, national flags and party flags from Indiranagar to Simbal Morh.
Speaking on the occasion Vikar Rasool Wani lashed out at the BJP Govt. for crushing the poor and the common man under huge taxes leading to record price rise, property tax, large scale unemployment and arbitrary downgrading of the historical state.
All sections of the society are resenting against the dictatorial policies of the Modi Govt., be they common man, unemployed youth, students, traders, transporters, adhoc, contractual, daily wagers, need based, pensioners, and others but the centre Govt. and the UT administration are insensitive and indifferent to the genuine demands of the different sections.
He said Congress party shall aggressively continue to raise the issues of different sections of people.
He said that BJP government has been making fool to people from the very day of its rule in the name of development, jobs to youth, money transfer to individual account, low petrol and cylinder gas price.
But it is very unfortunate that there is regular hikes in the prices of petrol, diesel and LPG which add to the “sky-rocketing expenses” of households.
Raman Bhalla (Workin President) lashed out at the BJP led Centre Govt. and the LG Administration for imposition of property tax and other sorts of taxes besides arbitrary and anti people decisions from time to time.
He said, the people of J&K are suffering on account of militancy, for more than three decades apart from political uncertainty for over nine years.
The unprecedented price hike, the large scale unemployment and abnormal security situation due to targeted killings of innocents especially minorities, has destabilized the economy of J&K.
“The Govt. is unable to hold elections to the state assembly and fails to restore statehood which is most popular demand of all in J&K but BJP Govt. at the Centre and UT Administration want to crush the people of J&K economically, by imposing various types of taxes,” he added.
Terming the tall promises of the BJP as hoax and big joke with the people, especially the poor, marginalized and the youth, Bhalla said there has been very little on the ground.
Ravinder Sharma and Balwan Singh strongly criticized the Modi Govt. for its anti people policies especially with regard to farmers, Youths and the common man who are being fleeced for the huge taxes leading to unprecedented price hike and large scale unemployment.
Every section of society is suffering because of the mis-governance of the BJP Govt. and the attitude of the bureaucratic regime in J&K.
They said that Modi Govt. is looting the people in the name of taxes and uncontrolled price rise of all commodities including petrol, diesel, gas and said that the BJP is a pro-rich party least bothering for the sufferings of the poor and downtrodden, they added and said that the Congress party is on the road for the common people and unemployed youth farmers and other suffering sections and would expose the BJP in every nook and corner of Jammu and Kashmir, they added.
Meanwhile “Haath Se Haath Jodo and Sadbhavna Padyatra” was also taken out from Indri Village of Khour Constituency under leadership of Former Dy CM Tara Chand.
Amidst “Nafrat Chhodo-Bharat Jodo” slogans, J&K Congress takes out “Hath se Hath Jodo Yatra”
