EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, June 23: Apni Party’s District Committee Jammu today staged a protest against the price rise of essential commodities here outside Press Club.
Led by District Jammu President Pranav Shagotra, the protesting Apni Party activists raised slogans against the government and demanded control on inflated prices of essential commodities, which has financially overburdened the general public.
“The price rise of petrol, diesel and cooking gas has adversely affected the common people’s budget due to which vegetables, fruits and grocery items including rice, flour and other goods of daily use have become costlier,” said Pranav Shagotra.
He said that the government should reduce taxes and monitor the black marketers so that the general public is not put to unnecessary harassment at the time when pandemic has weakened the economy.
With regard to the water and electricity crisis in Jammu in the summer season, he said the PDD and Jal Shakti Department have completely failed to provide round the clock supply in the residential colonies.
Prominent among those who took part in the protest included State General Secretary Youth, Abhay Bakaya, District Vice President, Vaibhav Mattoo, District President Trade Union, Anirudh Vashist, Joginder Singh, Vishal Jotshi, Atul Sharma, Sardesh Rana, Deepak Bradu, Prikshit, Vipul Bali, Jatinder Singh, Sunil Gupta, Ankit Sood, Mohammed Asif, Mohammed Ashraf, Rajinder Kumar (Sevak), Vivek, Suraj, Anmol Singh, Charanjeet Singh, Atinder Singh and others. |
