Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Feb 16: Rattan Lal Gupta, National Conference Provincial President for Jammu, has condemned the Govt for the alleged wide gap between its speech and action as the administration continues to serve notices to petty shopkeepers and poor people for eviction despite assurances by LG and Home Minister to spare needy.
He was addressing a meeting of NC District Jammu Urban, held here today under the Chairmanship of Chander Mohan Sharma. The meeting was organized to discuss the prevailing political scenario across the Union Territory in general and particularly in Jammu District Urban.
Rattan Lal Gupta, who was chief guest in the meeting, said that despite the assurances given by the Hone Minister Amit Shah and Lt Governor Manoj Sinha, the Govt continues to serve notices to shopkeepers and residential house inmates. Not only this, he added, the Govt machinery is also going ahead fast installing sign boards of state land even on the small piece of agricultural lands.
Asserting that the Government was doing gross injustice with poor by depriving them of shelter and livelihood, the NC leader said that National Conference will not tolerate any such injustice with the people and if the Govt does not stop serving notices to the aforesaid people and withdrawing of all notices served to them, NC will stand with such victimized poor people and fight for their justice.
Meanwhile a resolution was also passed during the meeting in which it was asserted that in the prevailing scenario of ongoing anti encroachment drive that has created a sense of fear among the people, the Govt should immediately stop the ongoing drive in the larger interest of the poor people.
In another resolution passed on the occasion, it was alleged that sub-standard material is being used in the works under the Smart City projects, thus urging the Govt to utilize the hard earned money of public properly.
Prominent among those present on the occasion, included Sheikh Bashir Ahmed, Abdul Gani Malik ( former minister), District President Jammu Rural A Raghvir Singh Manhas, District President Jammu Rural B Naresh Bittu, Satwant Dogra (Provincial President Women Wing), Deepender Kour, Pardeep Bali, Ayub Malik, Vijay Lakhshmi Datta, Th Yashvardhan Singh, Ankush Abrol, S Gurnam Singh, Nar Singh, Pinky Khalsa, Rahul Mahajan, Rakesh Singh Raka and others.