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JAMMU: In view of no response from Govt, Congress leaders led by JKPCC Working President Raman Bhalla and accompanied by former Minister Mula Ram, Former Minister and InCharge District President Jammu Urban Yogesh Sawhney, District Rural President Hari Singh Chib, on Tuesday continued protest to highlight the issue of deployment of smart meters in Jammu, power outages, price-rise, imposition of property tax , Toll Plazas and other such issues which are hampering the daily lives of people in Jammu and Kashmir.
The protest was organized by Manmohan Singh General Secretary PCC.
Prominent among those present on the occasion include Uttam Singh, Kewal Krishan Yogi, Rajinder Singh Jamwal, Raj Kumar, Vijay Kumar besides others.
The protest march went through Bazzar of Talab-Tillo covering nearly five Kilometer on foot.
Bhalla said people of J&K are already distressed both economically and politically in view of the long spell of terrorism and the prevailing security situation coupled with the Centre’s experiments to deal with the problem as a result the normal business and other activities remain derailed to great extent.
“In such a situation, J&K can’t be equated with other UTs or states in the matter of taxations, especially when no facilities of the like are available here,” he added.
He said bureaucratic regime under the command of the central government is harassing the common man by issuing series of anti-people orders.
Bhalla supporting Sarore agitation also joined Yuva Rajput Sabha agitation for abolishing the toll plaza and demanded immediate removing the same besides seeking white paper over the time period of other toll plazas in Jammu.
Extending full support to the agitation launched by people under aegis of YRS, Bhalla said that this demand was being raised by the different organizations especially transporters , who had held strong agitation also in the past but the government remained adamant.
Yogesh Sawhney said that the people are suffering due to the tax regime of BJP and people face difficulty in meeting both ends during the manifold increase in prices of all commodities.
Hari Singh Chib and Manmohan Singh also briefed on other major issues including withdrawal of old age and widow pensions is another cause of concern, they said.