JAMMU: Hitting out at PDP-BJP coalition alliance for its failure to come to the expectations of the masses in the State, Congress workers on Monday held a protest over hike of prices of ration at depots by the government.
Led by PCC General Secretary, Th. Manmohan Singh, the activists assembled at Shakti Nagar Chowk from where their took out procession amidst anti-government slogans which and culminated at Gurah Morh, Bakshi Nagar, here.
Addressing the protestors, Manmohan said that J&K is passing through the worst ever period since independence. If there is anything described as bad governance, the people of J&K had experienced it ‘and enough of it’ in the last four months, he added.
He said that the price of Atta has been suddenly raised by Rs. 5 per Kg and price of Rice by Rs. 5 per Kg which led to a lot of pressure on the poor people who were already fighting the menace of inflation.
Kanta Bhanm Vice President PCC and Anil Chopra, President District Congress Committee (Urban) Jammu said that PDP is the party which only banks on Kashmir while BJP who claims to be champion of Jammu and both the parties have failed to come to the expectations of people of their respective regions and ultimately the people of whole state are suffering.
They further said that the people of the state are already suffering a lot due to continuous border firing and increasing prices of ration at this juncture is a severe blow on common man, adding that Congress party represents poor and common man and it will continue to highlight their problems at all levels.
Others present in the protest were B.B Gupta, Dr. Ramakant Khajuria, Rajinder Singh, Kewal Jogi, Balbir Kumar, Gourav Chopra, Miss. Tamana, Vijay Malhotra, Suresh Maini, Pawan Shrma, Vijay Kumar, Mangal Dass, Ramesh Angurana, Gopal Sharma, Raj Kumar, Manmohan Sharma, Jagdish Kumar, Surider kumar sharma, Prabh Dayal Bhagat, Sampuran Singh, Sushil Sharma, Bodh Raj, Bachan Kumar, Pradeep Sharma, Madan Sharma, Koushal Sharma, Veera Singh, Bansa Kumar, Ramesh Kumarand Gunga Kumar.