Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Nov 25: The Congress party held another program continuing its `Jan Jagran Abhiyan’ at Talab Tillo, Block No. 5 in Jammu West today.
Chaired by former minister Yogesh Sawhney, general secretary JKPCC incharge District president Jammu (U), the program was organised by Block Congress Committee president Sanjeev Sharma.
“The Jan Jagran Campaign of the Congress party is a mass awareness and outreach programme to inform people and empower them with facts and truth about the real nature of BJP Government’s policies and practices that pose a great danger to India’s economy, unity and democracy,” the former Minister said.
The Congressmen made the general public aware with the record breaking price rice reported under BJP’s regime and said that people will continue to suffer under them.
Criticising the Modi-led Government, Sawhney said that India is suffering hugely on multiple counts because of the ruthless policies of the Government that do not care about common people and their troubles. Unemployment rates under this Government have increased by 22 %. He said that price rise is one of the biggest problems right now. Coupled with the meek condition of Indian economy after the pandemic and the consequent job losses and loss of livelihood, the unprecedented and unreasonable price hike came down heavily on the middle class and poor. A huge percentage of population slipped under the poverty line and yet the Government kept increasing the prices of petrol, diesel, natural gas, and other essential commodities.
Sawhney said many people who had already incurred huge losses during the pandemic, lost their jobs, businesses and livelihoods were forced to dig into their savings for their survival, while many did not even have their savings to depend upon. As all of this was happening, the government restrained from taking any constructive actions in relieving people from their burden and instead only passed blames to previous governments for the misery people were suffering today.
Senior leaders including Ramakant Khajuria, Rajiv Saraf, Pandit Vishavanath, Santosh Bhagat, Ramesh Koul, Ajay Kumar Bhagat, Vijay Sharma, Karanjot Singh and others were also present.
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