Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Aug 23: District president, Jammu Urban of Apni Party among dozens of party leaders and activists were detained by Police when they tried to block vehicular traffic on Tawi Bridge near Dogra Chowk here today.
Led by district president, Jammu Urban, Pranav Shagotra, the protesters gathered at Press Club and moved towards the Dogra Chowk where the strong contingent of police stopped them.
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However, the Apni Party leaders and workers did not stop and continued moving towards Dogra Chowk to disrupt vehicular traffic in protest against the price rise of essential commodities.
The police force barricaded the road and then they detained dozens of party leaders including District president, Jammu Urban, Pranav Shagotra. They were taken to the District Police Lines, Gandhinagar and later released.
Earlier, while speaking to the protesters, Shagotra said that the price rise of essential commodities has made the livelihood more difficult for the poor, lower middle class and middle class people.
“The petrol and diesel prices are the highest in history. However, there is no relief being offered to the people by the Govt. The Govt must to check the prices of essential commodities and the black marketing ,” he said.
He said that there is no control over the inflation. The business is down and the people in general are suffering. There should be a policy from the Govt to control prices of essential commodities.”
He further said that the BJP which claimed to be the sole representative of Jammu has collapsed and its leaders are not coming out in the public to face them. “They were voted to power by the people of Jammu, but they breached the trust of Jammu as they were unable to fulfil the promises of development and employment,” Shagotra added.
Prominent among those detained by police were Vaibhav Mattoo, Sardeesh Rana, Atul Sharma, Vipul Bali, Ashraf Choudhary, Mohammed Asif, Abhishek Goswami, Deepak Bradu, Ankit Sood, Salman Choudhary, Dalbir Singh and others.
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