Excelsior Correspondent
Jammu, Aug 6: AIIMS Coordination Committee today made it amply clear that the unprecedented and total bandh observed by the people of entire Jammu region for six consecutive days has given a clear message to the Government that the people will not rest till the establishment of full-fledged AIIMS in Jammu.
To decide the further course of action AIIMS CC will hold a meet at High Court Bar Complex on Saturday. Chairman of AIIMS CC and President JKHCBA, Jammu, Abhinav Sharma said “We relaxed the bandh call taking into consideration the interests of each and every section of the society particularly the children, students and those poor sections who depend on their daily earnings for meeting their day to day ends. To satisfy Government was not at all our consideration.”
He further added that Government could not provide us any satisfactory answer to our queries but repeatedly pleaded us to have faith in their intentions because every important person of the Government, the Chief Minister, the Deputy Chief Minister, the Cabinet Ministers and spokesmen have repeatedly committed themselves to the establishment of full-fledged AIIMS in Jammu.
“This is the last chance to the Government and particularly to the BJP to prove themselves true to their words. We have no fight with any political party. We do not pursue any political vested interest in leading this agitation. Our goal is that the discrimination against Jammu has to stop. Our aim is that AIIMS has to be established in Jammu and there is no compromise on that”, Abhinav Sharma pointed out and cautioned BJP leadership for misinterpreting the relaxation in Bandh call as their victory.
Retired Sessions Judge and president JPPF, Pavitar Singh cornered BJP, which has been trying to take undue credit for suspension of Bandh call and said “it was our decision keeping in view the needs of the people and requirement of the movement. We are prepared for a long haul. We are not weaker than Kashmiris. We know how to protect our interests as well as the broader national interests.”
President, Shri Amar Kshatriya Rajput Sabha, Narayan Singh lambasted BJP for its role of trying to take credit for so many successful agitations led by the Civil Society of Jammu. “BJP should look back at the contemporary history of Jammu Province. All the mass movements against the Kashmiri regimes were led by the Civil Society Organizations of Jammu and not by BJP.
Meanwhile those who sat on chain hunger strike today included members of New Image Medical Representatives Association president Yogeshwar Pathania, vice-president Ashish Gupta, general secretary, Vinod Wali, secretary, Kamaljeet Singh, cashier Vinay Kumar, Ajay Kumar, Naresh Sharma, Ravi Kant Sharma, Manoj Raina, Arun Sawhney, Brinder Sharma, Sanjay Raina, Adv Rahul Sharma, Mrs Gurvinder Bhatia, advocate Pradeep Majhotra, Harvinder Kour and Vishal Khajuria.
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