Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Nov 15: A large number of local residents including women, children and senior citizens assembled at the Dogra Sadar Sabha (DSS) office at Dogra Hall Jammu and insisted on launching a strong protest against the discriminatory and cruel dissection of the city of temples in two halves under the garb of security of the secretariat housing public leaders and public servants.
“Jammu is a peaceful law abiding city of temples” said the prominent persons of the area adding that the “decision to block the road is unreasonable, cruel, uncalled for and arbitrary since there has been no incidence or report of any threat to security in this area”. It is nothing but a policy of suppressing the peace loving people of Jammu and hurting their religious feelings by denying centuries old access to their historical temple.
Besides, it is a cruel hardship for school going children, women coming to MH Zanana Park and for patients going to SMGS Hospital and the funeral processions on way to Jogi Gate. The loss to tourism, traders and the inconvenience to the porters, hawkers and Rehriwalas is a blow on their livelihood.
The president DSS, Gulchain Singh Charak pacified the agitated members and asked them to calm down till we receive an outcome of the memorandum submitted to the Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti, Dy Chief Minister Dr Nirmal Singh, Speaker LA, local Ministers and the presidents of political parties. He also expedited the 19 member sub-committee formed under All Jammu Civil Society Forum co-convenor Abdul Majid to establish liaison and furnish a report and arrive at future course of action.
The agitated members reiterated their resolve to go to any extent to undo this injustice that is denying them their fundamental right to religious freedom, hampering their social obligations and obstructing day to day life.
Prominent among other present in the meeting included Parshotam Thapa, Prem Sagar Gupta, Vijay Anand, Sharda Devi, Sonia, Sourav Gill, Madhu Singh, BD Naryal, Amar Mooman, Anthony Gill, Satpaul and Narinder Dutt.
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