Jammu, June 4: A meeting of Senior Congress leaders was held here today to take stock of the situation over the issue of AIIMS for Jammu, Artificial Lake Project and neglect of farmers in Jammu region, who have been denied any relief for the heavy losses suffered by them.
The meeting was attended by senior functionaries of PCC Chaired by Sham Lal Sharma-Sr. Vice President PCC and attended by Raman Bhalla, Kanta Bhan (Vice President PCC); Ravinder Sharma-Chief Spokesman PCC; Th. Balwan Singh, Yogesh Sawhney, Ch. Shah Mohammad, Vikram Malhotra, Th. Manmohan Singh, S. Manjit Singh, Namrata Sharma (all General Secretaries PCC), Th. Maheshwar Singh, Anil Chopra, Neeraj Gupta and Thomas Khokhar.
Criticizing the attitude of the centre and state government over the issue, the meeting decided to fully support the proposed torch light protest by AIIMS Coordination Committee and join the protest march in order to intensify the agitation as announced by the coordination committee.
The meeting lashed out the centre and state government over the anti farmers policies of the government and accused it of being insensitive to the plight of farmers who suffered immense loss in the incessant rains and flood but the government is adding insult to their injuries by offering peanuts to them. |
