Excelsior Correspondent
SAMBA, Apr 15: Apni Party provincial president Jammu and former Minister, Manjit Singh has demanded restoration of Statehood before the holding of Assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir.
The former Minister was addressing a worker’s meeting at Ramgarh which was organized by district president, Legal Cell, Samba, Advocate Sahil Bharti.
District president Samba Raman Thappa, Block president Bachan Choudhary among others attended the meeting to discuss the party’s working and present political situation.
The party workers raised various issues faced by the people in Ramgarh especially related to the farmers, canal water and road connectivity.
Speaking on the occasion, Manjit Singh issued certain instructions to the party workers on intensifying the public outreach program to educate about the policy and agenda of development to the people of Ramgarh.
Referred to the concern of the people in J&K regarding downgrading of the erstwhile state of J&K into a Union Territory, Manjit said it was injustice to continue J&K as a UT. Therefore, it becomes imperative for the Government of India to restore the Statehood to J&K before the holding of Assembly elections.
He also expressed concern over delay in the elections for J&K’s Legislative Assembly. He said that Apni Party is committed to keep the two regions united and provide equal opportunity to the youth for employment.
Manjit also referred to the issues of border residents in Ramgarh, compensation, KCC loans, canal water for irrigation purposes at the tail-end villages, unscheduled power cuts, construction of bandh along the rivers for the protection of the agricultural land etc.
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