Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Apr 21: Jammu and Kashmir National Panthers Party (JKNPP) today gave a call of ‘Jammu bandh on April 24 to protest against shifting of AIIMS from Jammu region to Kashmir.
In a party meeting held here today, JKNPP chairman and former Minister, Harshdev Singh, said, “JKNPP announces Jammu bandh on April 24 in protest against denial of prestigious AIIMS project to Jammu region due to surrender of BJP to Kashmir centric politics.”
He appealed the Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Bar Association besides other political and social bodies to take the lead for a bandh on April 24, on the concluding day of Civil Secretariat, the date on which everything is being taken away to Kashmir after having robbed Jammu of AIIMS.
He lambasted the BJP-PDP coalition for perpetuating the policy of bias against Jammu region by shifting Rs 1600 crore prestigious project to Kashmir despite it having been sanctioned for Jammu.
State president, JKNPP, Balwant Singh Mankotia and State president, Young Panthers, Yash Paul Kundal admonished the BJP for compromising on all issues quite unmindful and deliriously oblivious of the tall commitments made by the saffron party to their voters.
They regretted that BJP has compromised on its principles and promises only for the lust of power thus leaving the people of Jammu region in lurch and providing the most glaring example of gross betrayal and political debauchery.
They said that the new recruitment policy was the greatest exploitation of the unemployed youth as the contractual employees would not be getting even one fourth of the salary fixed as compared to their counterparts in regular establishment. Besides, the contractual employees would be at the mercy of the superiors even after having completed seven years of continuous service, they mentioned.
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