Srinagar, Oct 12-(KNS) Senior AICC leader Incharge J and K affairs Smt Rajni Patil along with JKPCC President G A Mir today met the Lt Governor Manoj Sinha at Raj Bhavan here today evening and discussed the current situation and took up host of issues faced by different sections of the society.
Smt Patil who had interactions with party leaders and Cadres in Jammu and Srinagar during the last three days of her tour, took up the various issues brought to her notice. She also submitted a memorandum to the LG highlighting the current problems of various sections of the people including youth and students, especially the need for restoration of 4G services, prevailing covid situation, seeking adequate measures to upgrade the facilities.
The leaders brought to his notice the hardships faced by the people on account of ongoing agitation of the daily wagers and need based workers seeking their due rights of regularisation and regular wages, the unprecedented hike in prices of building materials like sand, gravel, the issues of various kinds of taxations including the recent property tax in the already economic distressed situation and sought economic packages to various suffering sections during the past over one year coupled with covid situation like tourism, trade, transport.
The senior congress leaders also took up the issues of agitating Kashmir migrants and the genuine issues raised by them for his consideration besides of the minority in Kashmir seeking certain genuine rights.
The issue of adequate security measures in the wake of killings of political workers and representatives of the PRIs in recent past, were also discussed and they urged the government to direct a fair system of providing security and political atmosphere for raising the genuine issues of people by the mainstream opposition.
They also invited his attention towards the the various provisions of the 73rd and 74th amendments already incorporated in the state Panchayat Raj laws but await implementation like finance commission and the anti corruption mechanism of ombudsman, to further empower and streamline the PRIs.
The memorandum also sought attention towards issues of SC /ST and OBCs, the Refugees and displaced people of 1947,"1965 and 1971 besides border people and the grievances of linguistic groups for inclusion of punjabi, Gojri and Pahari languages in the official list.
The memorandum conveyed the resentment amongst the people over the disbanding and downgrading of historical J and K state and sought immediate restoration of the same along with adequate constitutional safeguards for the protection of jobs and land rights. (KNS)