Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, May 1: The Congress Party today decided to conduct `Gherao’ of Civil Secretariat on May 9, on the opening day of Secretariat in Srinagar.
This was decided in a meeting of senior functionaries of JKPCC held here today at Congress headquarters under the chairmanship of PCC president GA Mir. The meeting was attended by senior functionaries of PCC besides some legislators to take stock of the overall situation in the State. The meeting deliberated upon the current issues and political scenario of the State.
The meeting also took serious note of the decision of the PDP-BJP Govt to discontinue the practice of summer secretariat in Jammu, after the Darbar move, for six months to the summer capital in Srinagar. Criticizing the decision of the Govt to discontinue the past practice where by the summer and winter secretariats used to function when Darbar moved to the other region as per Darbar move practice and this was to the benefit of common people of respective regions to meet their urgent grievances.
Describing this decision of the PDP-BJP Govt as anti- people, the party has demanded setting up summer secretariat in Jammu immediately, as per past practice.
The meeting also welcomed verdict of the State High Court regarding holding the ULB elections in the State latest within the period of six months. The meeting hailed the decision of the court and regretted the failure of the State Govt to carry forward the schedule of the election formulated by the Governor’s administration besides deferring the Anantnag by polls, after declaration of its schedule by the ECI.
Prominent among those who attended the meeting included Sham Lal Sharma, Rigzin Jora, Mula Ram, Raman Bhalla, Jugal Kishor Sharma, Kanta Bhan, Ravinder Sharma, Usman Majid (MLA), Delden Namgyal, Rajnish Sharma, Dr Manohar Lal, Yogesh Sawhney, Shabir Ahmed Khan, Manjit Singh, Vikram Malhotra, Manmohan Singh, Faqir Nath, Namrata Sharma, Indu Pawar and Pranav Shagotra.
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