Early Times Report
Jammu, Nov 25: District Congress committee Jammu urban held a protest demonstration and senior congress leaders and activists courted arrests over the issue of Demonetization causing hardship to the general public without adequate arrangements besides seeking exposure and action against BJP ministers allegedly involved in corrupt practices as surfaced in media. A large number of Congress workers and leaders led by District president Jammu (U) Anil Chopra, JKPCC Vice-President Kanta Bhan, General Secretaries Yogesh Sawhney, Th. Manmohan Singh, Secretaries Pawan Raina, Sanjeev Sharma, and Manjit Singh Jatt took out protest march from Mahesh Pura Chowk Bakshi Nagar Jammu towards Civil Secretariat.
They raised slogans against Modi Govt for demonetization without adequate preparation as a result common people are suffering a lot and facing hardships to meet their day today requirements resulting into no. of deaths. They also demanded that BJP Ministers allegedly involved in corrupt practices, as surfaced in the media be exposed and sacked. The protestors marched towards Civil Secretariat and were prevented by heavy contingent police and were taken into custody. The senior leaders and over 100 prominent activists were taken into custody by the police. The demonstration was part of the nationwide protests by the congress and opposition parties over the issue of hardships faced by the people due to demonetization. The other prominent leaders who participated in the protest were Ram Parkesh, Dr. rama Kant Khajuria, Sunil Kumar, Gourav Chopra, Ashwani Handa, Puneet Arora, Rajesh Sharma, Babu Singh, Pawan Sharma, Aditya Dogra, S. Rajinder Singh, Maqbool Ahmed, J.L. Koul, Kulbushan, Parshotam Mehra, P.S. Chouan, Vinay Sharma, Bodh raj, Naresh Maini, Kewal Krishan, Ashu Mehra, Sandeep Bhalla, J.L. Koul, Sat Pal Spolia, Mohd. Tariq and Dewan Chand. |
