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JAMMU: The Jammu and Kashmir Congress on Saturday staged protest against what they described as a muderous attack on Party Vice President Rahul Gandhi in Gujarat.
Led by senior party leader, including senior JKPCC Vice President Sham Lal Sharma, Congress workers raised slogans and also set ablaze an effigy of the BJP governments at the Centre and Gujarat at Shaheedi Chowk near the Party Headquarters here.
JKPCC Spokesperson, Ravinder Sharma said protesters alleged the BJP Governments at the Centre and Gujarat have failed to prevent the murderous attack on Gandhi, who is SPG protectee, member Parliament and leader of the main opposition in the country.
Terming the attack as “murder of democratic values”, they said the voice of opposition was being crushed in the country.
They, however, said that Congressmen throughout country would fight against the “undemocratic modes and hooliganism being adopted by the BJP” tooth and nail.
Describing the incident as “highly shameful”, they said “the culture of violence, being encouraged against opponents, is dangerous for democracy in the country”.
Among others who participated in the protest include senior leaders Raman Bhalla, Mula Ram, MLA Choudhary Mohammad Akram, Jugal Kishore, Vikram Malhotra, State Mahila Congress President Indu Pawar, Kanta Bhan, Yogesh Sawhney, Manmohan Singh, Namrata Sharma, Ch. Shah Nawaz, B.S Sambyal, Anil Chopra President DCC Jammu Urban, Th Shiv Dev Singh, K.C Bhagat, Prof Gharu Ram, Maheshwar Singh, Ashok Gupta, Pawan Raina, Manjit Singh Jatt, Neeraj Gupta, Ashwai Puri, Hari Singh Chib, and Ch Maqbool.
Similarly, the same protest was organised at Hiranagar in Kathua District under the leadership of senior party leader and MLC Thakur Balbir Singh. Former MLA Hiranagar Girdhari Lal Chalotra was among prominent leaders who addressed the protest. While terming the incident as highly condemnable and against ethos democracy in the country, Singh said culture of violence being encouraged against opponents is dangerous for democracy and the Congress workers would fight against such policies and philosophy with backing of BJP in the country.
