Jammu, Nov 09 (KNS): Congress today held candle march at Raipur Domana & Marh Constituencies of Jammu Dist. and at Udhampur City, as part of series of protest over the issue of One Rank One Pension and the anti-democratic attitude of the Modi Govt. and its failure on various fronts.
In a statement issued to KNS said that the march at Raipur Domana was led by Former Minister and Vice President PCC Mula Ram & Sr. Leader Th. Hari Singh Chib, while the Protest march at Marh was led by Mahila Congress President Smt. Indu Pawar (Ex-MLA). The protest march at Udhampur was organized by the Dist. Congress Committee and led by former Minister and General Secretaries PCC Shri Yogesh Sawhney, Faqir Nath (ex-MLA), District President Shri Ashok Gupta and Sercretary PCC Pawan Raina, besides other senior leaders.
The protestors included ex-servicemen who raise slogans and carried play cards took out candle light march simultaneously at different places over the failure of Modi Govt. to implement the OROP in toto, as promised by him and the BJP during Lok Sabha elections, as a result the ex-servicemen are agitating and continuing their protests all over Country while the Modi Govt. is issuing misleading statements. Shri Ram Kishan Grewal committed suicide over the failure of the Govt. to fulfill the commitment and it is very unfortunate that the Modi Govt. ill-treated and detained the family members of Shri Grewal and AICC Vice President Rahul Gandhi, which reflected the insensitive and anti-democratic attitude of Modi Govt. in the largest democratic Country.
Addressing the protestors at Muthi Morh in Raipur Constituency Mula Ram lashed out at the Modi led BJP Govt. for its failure on various fronts and fulfilling his promises to the people of different sections in the Country. He said that the majority of the Ex-servicemen feel cheated over the issue of OROP while the Modi Govt. is thumping its chest.
He said that the worst example of ill-treatment meted out to the family of Shri Grewal is a shame for the Modi Govt.
He also highlighted the failure on price rise, provision of 2 crore jobs to the youths and the plight of the border residents and refugees which reflects the utter failure of the BJP Govt. Other who were present there includes Rajni Bala ,Uday Chib ,neeraj kundan, Sh.Click Here To Follow Our WhatsApp ChannelHoshiar singh ,jatinder chib,nimran jeet , trater singh , Rakesh singh ,Bhavishan singh , sarpanch kuldeep raj ,sarpanch faker chand ,ajay kumar,vishal,abhishek,sunny parihar, amar nath, gopal Sharma , suraj badyal, bhupinder singh , jatindewr singh, shahbaj mohmad, haji kaka, yunis, dodu,fareed,ashok Sharma,mintu,bhagat ram,subash sani,pritam singh,m r bhagat,ajay Sharma,tarun,vinay baru,harbanslal,ohm prakesh,devraj,pritu chib,romal singh, ragubin singh , aju ,deva singh, romesh singh,makhnu, netu,rattan singh,kalvant sin gh,dayal singh,ohmkarsingh,chawanlal,chander mohan,kakumehta,nita chib,mehsha chab,manjeetr singh,kulbhushan singh.
Leading the protest at Parwa in Marh Constituency Smt. Indu Pawar Ex-MLA and President Mahila Congress accused the Modi Govt. of misleading the people through falsehood and its failure to fulfill the promise of OROP in toto, as a result the ex-servicemen are feeling betrayed. She said that the sky rocketing prices of all commodities of common use have proved the falsehood and hollowness of the Modi Govt. and all election promises have proved to be only “Jumlas” to befool the masses for vote bank. The border residents are facing great hardships in wake of firing from Pakistan and the Govt. has failed to fulfill the commitments to them to provide alternate accommodation and 5 marlas plots in safe areas besides failure to provide adequate compensation and relief to them.
At Udhampur the Congress activists including ex-servicemen have lashed out the failure of the Modi Govt to fulfill the implementation of OROP and other promises and the unprecedented price hike and the deteriorating situation on the borders. The senior leaders lambasted the BJP for befooling the masses on the eve of general elections and made tall promises but the common man is suffering because of the polices of the Modi Govt. and the BJP which has adopted antidemocratic and anti-people policies. They questioned the Modi Govt. for the ill-treatment to the family of Shri Grewal and crushing the democratic right of protests. They also accused the BJP betraying the electorates of Jammu Region for the sake of power which has exposed the real face of BJP. (KNS)