Police stops INC protest march to Raj Bhawan
Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU/ SRINAGAR, Dec 18: Police today prevented Congress leaders and workers from marching towards Raj Bhawan in Jammu and Srinagar as a part of its nationwide protest demonstration against the remarks of Home Minister Amit Shah over B R Ambedkar, seeking arrest of Gautam Adani and restoration of statehood.
Hundreds of Congress leaders and workers led by JKPCC chief, Tariq Hameed Karra today took out a massive protest march towards Raj Bhawan raising slogans against Home Minister Amit Shah for his remarks against Dr BR Ambedkar, seeking his apology besides seeking arrest of Gautam Adani and criticizing Central Govt for the alarming situation in Manipur apart from seeking restoration of statehood to Jammu and Kashmir.
However, strong contingent of police stopped the peaceful protestors near Denis Gate on Residency Road from proceeding ahead. After a brief insistence by the Congress leaders with the police officers, the JKPCC president Karra advised the Congress workers to agree to the request of the police authorities and to hold a peaceful dharna on the Residency Road for some time.
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Speaking to the media persons Karra said that the Home Minister Amit Shah should seek apology from the nation for insulting remarks against the Father of the Constitution Dr Bhim Rao Ambedkar. He said that his utterances against Dr Ambedkar reflect the mindset of the BJP towards Ambedkar and has hurt the countrymen. He said that the Modi Govt is trying to divert the attention of the nation to save Gautam Adani who has been booked in United States should be arrested immediately. Karra said that Modi Govt has failed to control the situation in Manipur which is very alarming.
As a part of nationwide call of AICC, the protest march was taken out by the hundreds of Congress workers under the leadership of JKPCC chief accompanied by large number of senior leaders and party office bearers, former Ministers/ex-Legislators and heads of Frontal wings, District presidents carrying Placards of their demands and raising strong slogans against the Centre Govt especially Home Minister for his remarks in the Parliament against Dr Ambedkar and the failure to take action against Gautam Adani as well as to control the Manipur situation besides the failure to restore statehood to J&K.
Prominent among those who took part in the Protest march include Tara Chand, Raman Bhalla, Shah Nawaz Choudhary, Balwan Singh, Ravinder Sharma, Ved Mahajan, Indu Pawar, Yash Paul Kundal, Hari Sing Chib, Rajnish Sharma, Naresh Gupta, Shabir Ahmed Khan, Iftikhar Ahmed-MLA, Ch Sain Rashid, Dina Nath Bhagat, Mumtaj Khan, Bhushan Dogra, TS Tony, Shashi Sharma, Narinder Sharma, Namrata Sharma, Suresh Dogra, Balbir Singh, Amrit Bali, Sanjeev Sharma, Sheikh Mujeeb, Pravez Wani, Ashok Bhagat, Shiv Kumar Sharma, Vijay Sharma, Akash Bharat, Ajay Lakhotra and others.
In Srinagar, the JKPCC also staged a massive protest, calling for accountability from the BJP led government over the Adani mega corruption scandal and other critical issues. The protestors also denounced the deteriorating situation in Manipur and criticized the Home Minister’s recent remarks about Ambedkar, terming them a direct affront to the principles of the Indian Constitution.
The protest underscored allegations of multiple scams involving the Adani Group, including irregularities within the Jammu and Kashmir Power Development Corporation Limited (JKPDCL). Protestors accused the Central Government of prioritizing corporate interests over public welfare and demanded the formation of a Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) to investigate the Adani corruption allegations.
Despite the peaceful nature of the protest, the police prevented the Congress leaders and workers from marching towards Raj Bhavan, pushing them inside party headquarters.
Senior Congress leaders, youth leaders and party workers joined the demonstration. They included Abid Kashmiri, Nissar Ahmad Mandoo, Er. Muzaffar Dar, Abdul Rashid Lone, Riyaz Manhas, Shaheena Needa, Shabnum, Syra Shah, Saima, Nargis and others.
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