Excelsior Correspondent
Srinagar, Aug 6: Jammu and Kashmir Coordination Committee, an apex body of various trade bodies and civil society members, today sought release of its two leaders who have been put under house arrest ahead of a proposed sit-in protest against the GST implementation.
In an emergency meeting, the members of JKCC expressed their “utter disbelief, shock and surprise over the unwarranted and uncalled for house arrest of its leaders, Dr Mubeen Shah and Mohammad Yasin Khan. “The members said that it was most unfortunate that the business community and civil society, considered responsible and respectable in entire globe, is being subjected to humiliation and vendetta in the so called democracy here,” said a statement.
The statement said that the members presumed that the house arrest of these leaders has been undertaken because of the one-hour long silent sit-in programme announced by JKCC for Tuesday which has “unnerved and unsettled” the State Government. “However, this unwise decision of the Government will in no way shake the resolve of civil society and traders fraternity to fight against the unjust and misplaced surrender and barter of fiscal autonomy and sovereignty enjoyed by the State under special provisions of Article 370,” it said.
The JKCC said that a silent sit-in programme announced for one hour at 11:00 am at Clock Tower in Lal Chowk stands as announced which will be joined by people at large including the traders and consumers to press the demand of roll back of GST law. “The JKCC further cautious the State Government of serious consequences if its leaders are not released immediately before Monday,” the statement said.
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