Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Mar 7: Apni Party Senior Vice President Ghulam Hassan Mir today urged the Government of India to empower the people of J&K with the restoration of Statehood.
Addressing a public gathering at Sohanjana, Jammu District, Gh. Hassan Mir said that “There is a feeling of disempowerment among the people of both the regions. The Government should understand the simmering anger and restore the snatched honour to the people.”
Speaking at the public meeting organized by Kulwant Singh and Tajinder Singh, Mir said the Government should hold early elections in J&K as the Lt Governor’ administration has failed on the ground to perform.
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Apni Party, General Secretary, Vikram Malhotra, speaking on the occasion, said that the inflation of petrol, diesel and cooking gas has affected the general public.
“Government should reduce taxes so that the prices of the petroleum and cooking gas come down and they become affordable for the common public. Amid the rise in price of essential commodities, the people are overburdened financially,” Malhotra said.
Criticizing the ruling BJP, Provincial President, Jammu, Manjit Singh said that the new industrial policy which has been launched in J&K should have included the already existing sick units so that they can also get benefit of the schemes.
He said that there should be 80 per cent reservation for the locals in industrial units i.e., skilled and unskilled. “Locals are being ignored and we will not tolerate this,” he added.
Prominent among those who joined the Party included Balwant Singh, Makhan Lal, Pappu Verma, Surjeet, Madan Arora, Jai Singh, Lucky, Garu Ram, Parshotam Lal, Akshya, Rabanash Lal, Ramesh Chander, Rajesh Kumar, Makhan Lal, Geeta Devi, Rattan Lal, Madan Lal, Rinku, Ranjeet Singh Chib, and others.
Apni Party leaders who were present on the occasion included SC UT Coordinator Bodh Raj Bhagat, Vice President J&K Youth Wing, Raqeeq Ahmed Khan, Provincial President Jammu Youth Wing, Gourav Kapoor, Shrista Rani others.
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