*Police behaviour unacceptable: Karra
Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Aug 10: Accusing Jammu police for misbehaving with the senior party leaders during their peaceful protest programme, JKPCC president Tariq Hameed Karra alongwith all senior Congress leaders, former Ministers/ Legislators, DCC presidents of Jammu province today led the chain hunger strike for Statehood which started in Jammu today morning at main Tawi Bridge, near statue of Maharaja Hari Singh.
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A large number of Congress leaders and party functionaries assembled at Maharaja Hari Singh’s statue at Tawi Bridge today morning at 10 am and sat on the hunger strike, after garlanding the statue of Maharaja, raising slogans in favour of restoration of Statehood “Hamari Riyasat, Hamara Haq “.
All prominent Congress leaders, District heads and District coordinators besides several frontal heads took part in the peaceful protest and hunger strike which continued till this afternoon. However, the venue of hunger strike had to be shifted as the administration didn’t grant permission for the erection of a Shamiana in the nearby area closer to Tawi Bridge.
Later, talking to reporters PCC chief Karra said they had sought permission for erecting a Shamiana at Shaheedi Chowk Park opposite Congress office but there too, the permission was denied. Thereafter, the Congress leaders held a peaceful sit- in outside Congress office on footpath without any Shamiana or fans, but after sometime there too some police officials led by SDPO & SHO City entered into heated arguments with him and other senior leaders leading to a surcharged atmosphere, however, senior leaders restrained the angry workers.
The senior Congress leaders and workers including Mahila workers continued day long dharna in Shaheedi Chowk Jammu and continued raising slogans for Statehood, he said.
PCC chief strongly spoke against the attitude of police administration in misbehaving with the peaceful protestors and senior leadership including him. He said the same police officer has developed habit of misbehaving with the public and he should be removed from the sensitive posting. His behavior may create trouble for the administration in the days to come, he asserted.
Karra alleged that Jammu police was behaving like frontal organisation of BJP. It must change its stance towards general public and the opposition parties. Hira Lal Pandita, Congress Migrant Cell president also condemned this kind of police behaviour.
Karra said that Congress party is determined to go ahead with the agitation and continue it till the goal is achieved. He exhorted the leaders and workers to carry forward the Statehood movement which is question of our identity, status, dignity and rights and without it the BJP is running the show through remote control despite elected Government. He said that the indications of this remote control is evident today also and when elected Government is stopped by unselected administration through police.
Working president Raman Bhalla lashed out at the BJP for downgrading historical Dogra state and denying Statehood after six years. He said that BJP is ruling by proxy and controlling the entire law and order machinery despite an elected Government.
Ch Lal Singh, Ex- MP strongly condemned the attitude of the administration in dealing with the oldest democratic party in carrying out peaceful protest for getting rights of citizens.
He said BJP leaders are liar as PM and HM promised Statehood on multiple occasions in past six years but they are not ready to grant it untill people fight for it.
Several senior leaders addressed the gathering and pressed for Statehood at the earliest otherwise struggle shall be intensified. Those who addressed and observed hunger strike include Mula Ram, Shah Nawaz Chaudhary, Balwan Singh, Ravinder Sharma,Yogesh Sawhney, Th Balbir Singh, G M Saroori, Ved Mahajan, Yash Pal Kundal, Iftikhar Ahmed MLA, Indu Pawar, Rajnish Sharma, Naresh Gupta, Sain Rasheed, Kanta Bhan,TS Tony, Th Manmohan Singh, Hari Singh Chib, Asif Naqeeb, Vinod Khajuria, Sheikh Mujeeb, Bhupender Singh, Parvez Wani, Sanjeev Sharma, Ajaz Chaudhary, Vijay Sharma, Zahida Khan, Ajay Lakhotra, Rajesh Sadhotra, Pawan Raina, Shashi Sharma, Shakeel Shah, Dina Nath Bhagat, Namrata Sharma, Amrit Bali, Parveen Akhtar, Parveen Shah, Vimla Slathia, Anuradha Sharma, Babal Gupta,Vimla Slathia, Jatin Raina, Bharat Priye, Neeraj Gupta, Gajan Singh, Rajinder Singh, Dwarka Choudhary and others.
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