Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, July 10: Reiterating its commitment for raising issues of common people, Democratic Progressive Azad Party has appreciated the Govt decision of providing additional 10 kg of ration to the priority households in J&K for which DPAP had held peaceful protests.
In a joint statement, DPAP General Secretary R S Chib and Provincial President Jammu, Jugal Kishore Sharma expressed their gratitude to LG Manoj Sinha for his timely response to the DPAP demand
“DPAP since its formation has been raising issues of common people unlike other political parties who believe in elitism. It is a party formed by common citizens and is aimed to serve the common people and leading from the front, when it comes to public issues,” they said and claimed that no other political party fought like DPAP against the forcible land eviction, demolition drive and unjustified system of CUET Exam.
They further said that DPAP is against the anti-people decisions like, outsourcing of natural resources to outsiders, demolition drive on the occupants who are holding small pieces of lands and have constructed houses/ business establishments for their shelter and lively hood for last many decades .
They demanded that Amnesty scheme for electricity consumers should also include 50 percent waiving off of principal amount of arrears and same should be made applicable to farmers and commercial establishments.
Also DPAP strongly proposed that the Government should revoke enhanced electric tariff and fix it so that a common man can easily afford and the electric bills should not be contrary to the consumption as it is happening now after the installation of smart meters.
The DPAP leaders said that their party is seriously concerned about the unrest and uncertainty. prevailing among the public at large in J&K due to anti-people decisions and will continue their struggle peacefully, against such policies/decisions. “DPAP is the only political party, which is fighting for the genuine issues of the people while huge participation of general public in DPAP rallies, meetings and peaceful protests vindicates trust of people on Ghulam Nabi Azad and his party,” they added.
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