Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Nov 10: Contin-uing the candle march protests campaign, the Congress today held candle march at Akhnoor, Khour and Doda in Jammu Province over the issue of One Rank One Pension Scheme and the failure of the Centre and State Governments on various fronts.
A strong protest was held at Akhnoor led by former Minister and Senior Vice President Sham Lal Sharma. Addressing the protesters Lal Sharma charged the Modi Government with hoodwinking the ex-servicemen and spreading falsehood over OROP and on various other vital commitments made to the people during the general elections in the Country.
He said ex-servicemen are agitating and seeking parity and equality of pension of the same rank irrespective of the date of retirement, which clearly indicates that Government is misleading the nation. He said that the treatment meted out to the family members of Ram Kishan Grewal is blot on the democracy and reflection of great arrogance of power and insensitive approach of Modi Government.
He also expressed grave concern over the border situation and the plight of border residents who have been the victim of the failure of the Modi Government’s flip-flap policies towards Pakistan.
Similar protests was held at Khour which was led by former Dy Chief Minister Shri Tara Chand, who lashed out at the Central and State Governments for their failure on all fronts. He also expressed grave concern over the border situation which has caused numerous sufferings to the border residents and demanded adequate relief and rehabilitation measures for the them.
The Congress leaders and activists including ex-servicemen took out candle light protest in Doda City led by MLC and DCC President Naresh Gupta, MLC Sham Lal Bhagat and PCC Observer Pradeep Parihar besides Hanif Shah, Sanjay Manhas and Asif Gattu. A large number of protesters marched from Town Hall towards DC Office and culminated at Bus Stand Doda.
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