Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Nov 18: Intensifying the Panchayat election campaign, Dogra Swabhiman Sanghtan today held public meeting in border village of Satrayan, R S Pura.
Ch. Lal Singh, while addressing the gathering, apprised the people about the vision of Dogra Swabhiman Sanghtan and appealed the people to join it so that Dogras can give a decisive fight against Kashmir centered politics. He called for unity of Dogras, irrespective of caste, creed and religion.
The former Minister said that root cause of discrimination with Jammu is the very manipulative division of the State by the former CM Sheikh Abdullah in connivance with some powers in Delhi. “It is because of this politics that people of Mirpur, Muzaffarabad , Chamb, Kotli and most Dogra speaking people were not allowed to settle in the Valley, simply to cause demographic imbalance and to keep maximum political powers with the Valley, he added.
General secretary Dr Hari Dutt Shishu appealed people to come under the banner of Dogra Swabhiman Sanghtan, which he said, is the only organization committed for the cause and the development of Jammu and being led by a maverick leader Ch Lal Singh.
On the occasion, a number of Sarpanch and Panch candidates joined Dogra Swabhiman Sanghtan.
Sr vice president, Youth wing of Dogra Swabhiman Sanghtan, Divya Surya Partap Singh also addressed the gathering and called upon the youth of the area to join youth wing of Dogra Swabhiman Sanghtan to fight against the ongoing apathy of the Dogras of Jammu. District president Rural, Dr Subash Sharma recited a poem conveying the discrimination by Kashmiri dominant Government with Jammu. He further said that Dogra Swabhiman Sanghtan has already released a Vision Document comprising of 25 point program. It is an inclusive document epitomizing the sentiments and sufferings of the Dogras, irrespective of any caste, creed and religion.
Senior member of Dogra Swabhiman Sanghtan, Vikas Dutt also spoke on the occasion. Rashmi Sharma conducted proceedings of the programme. Chairman Legal Cell Adv B S Jamwal, Sect Mohan Malagar, Sect Dr. Shubhnandan Singh, Dr Ashok Gupta and Raghav Khajuria also attended the meeting.
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