Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Apr 24: After suspending their 42-day long strike on April 12 on the assurance of the Government to fulfill their demands, All India Action Committee of Jewellers (AIACJ) has decided to continue their strike from tomorrow for 72 hours.
The strike was announced today by Fatehchand Ranka, Chairman, AIACJ after Government failed to fulfilled the demands of the jewellers. He said that the jewellers all over India will observe complete Bandh of their business establishments for 72 hours that is from April 25 to 27 in protest against the Union Ministry’s indifferent attitude towards the jewellers and their demands.
Meanwhile, a joint meeting of Sarafa Association and Swarnkar Sangh, Jammu province held today, in which Raj Kumar Babbar (All India vice president, Swarnkar Sangh and president, Swarnkar Sangh, Jammu Province), Parjan Jain (president, Sarafa Association Jammu), Vijay Kumar Verma (general secretary, Sarafa Association Jammu), Kulbhushan Anand (president, Swarnkar Sangh, Jammu district) announced 72 hours Bandh. They said that all the jewellers and swarnkars of Jammu Province will observe complete Bandh from April 25 to April 27.
Raman Suri (chairman, Sarafa Association and Swarnkar Sangh Joint Action Committee, Jammu Province) said, “We suspended our Bandh for 12 days on the assurance of Union Ministry that they will either roll back or amend the Excise Duty Act as per our demands. This duration of 12 days was nothing else, but time given to the Union Government to act judiciously in our matter.”
“But the Government has still not taken any decision in favour of the jewellers. Hence, all the Jewellers, Swarnkars, Karigars and Artisans have unanimously decided to support the Bandh call by the All-India Action Committee of Jewellers. If the Government will remain adamant even after these 72 hours, then the further course of action of the strike will be decided and intimated on April 27, 2016”, he added.
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