Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Feb 11: Led by BJP Jammu-Poonch Parliamentary Constituency incharge Yudhvir Sethi and BJP Mahila Morcha state president, Priya Sethi, BJP activists along with residents of different parts of Old City, including women, held a massive protest at Purani Mandi Chowk against the Consumer Affairs & Public Distribution (CAPD) Department for its decision to shift ration depots from Purani Mandi, Julakkha Mohalla and Link Road to Peer Mitha, Pakki Dhakki and Pacca Danga.
They sat on dharna raising slogans like- “hamare ration depot vaapis lao, vaapis lao” and “CAPD Department hai hai, hai hai”.
Terming the decision of the Department totally unilateral without the consent of people, Yudhvir Sethi said that it is causing inconvenience to thousands of consumers who have to go to other areas away from their own localities to get ration items like flour, rice and sugar. The decades old ration depots, once easily feasible to every consumer, are also adding financial burden as the poor people have to pay the carriage charges to laborers.
He declared that the Party stands with the affected families and opposes the decision tooth and nail and will continue agitation till shifted depots are brought back to their original places.
Priya Sethi said the decision to shift ration depots to other places can not be justified by any means. It is indeed unfortunate that the Government departments take such decisions or frame such policies which invite public resentment and anger. The recent decision of shifting ration depots is one such case in this series of anti-people mindset of those at the helm of affairs in the coalition government, she added.
Anil Masoom, Arun Sethi, Neeru Anand, Vijay Mehra, Inderjeet, Ravinder Khajuria, Parveen Arora, Saroj Gupta, Bharat Bhushan, Suraj Charak were among others who participated in the dharna.
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