Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Mar 27: Expressing resentment over the proposed opening of liquor shop, people of Basantgarh staged a massive protest demonstration and demanded cancelation of the proposal.
The protest was led by locals including Mushtaq Ahmed, Rashid Wani, Panchayat members and others joined including a large number of adjoining villages women. The protestors raised slogans in favour of their demand. “Our women folk especially school going girls aren’t safe when liquor shops are being opened near educational institutions”, they said.
The protesters said that the peaceful and most backward village and tehsil headquarter Basantgarh should not be converted into village of alcohol.
Speaking on the occasion, Rashid Wani said instead of providing better medicare facility and upgraded education, Government is providing liquor shops without any demand.
“We will not allow these shop to open as it will destroy our generation,” the protestors said adding that if their demand are not conceded then they will intensify their protest with support of women, children and elders.
They demanded that the Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha should intervene into the matter and direct the concerned department to reallocate the wine shop to some other area.
People of the area also met Sub-Divisional Magistrate, Basantgarh Wahid-Ul-Rehman and conveyed their resentment. He patiently listened to the public.
When contacted, he said, “I talked to the people about their reservations on the matter. People have some issues with the opening of liquor shop in their area. I will take up the matter with concerned authorities for its redressal”.
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