Poonch: Raising public demand of either providing twelve kilograms of ration per member of family or to roll back National Food Security Act, launched by previous PDP-BJP coalition as publicity stunt, National Conference on Wednesday staged a massive protest in Islamabad village of Poonch which was largely attended by the general public of the area wherein the demand for a probe into then preparation of ration beneficiaries list was also raised
Amid sloganeering against previous Coalition Government, protesters said that NFSA has put general public in trouble as it has thrown State in a stage where almost there is no availability of ration on stores and beneficiaries are in crunch.
“NC Congress coalition led by Omar Abdullah kept NFSA away as they were well known to its adverse effects but PDP BJP coalition launched the Act in a high profile manner which has fallen flat ” protesting NC workers and people said adding that only to get undue publicity , NFSA was launched but it has created immense problems for ration beneficiaries.
Protesters also raised the demand for probe to establish the negligence into the preparation of faulty lists of ration beneficiaries terming these newly prepared lists as full of mistakes and faults wherein majority of beneficiaries have been removed.
They also expressed helplessness on the present representation of Poonch Haveli segment and said that during NC Congress coalition, segment was properly represented by MLA Ajaz Jan but since last one year there is no political representative to hear public grievances and those voted to power are in a state of sleep.
” NC proved its mettle of strong representation and governance during its coalition government led by Omar Abdullah when a strong democratic setup was in place but now the whole system is rusted due to poor governance of PDP BJP for ten months and their delay in decision of government formation since more than two months ” NC Block President of Nangali Block, Bagh Hussain Rathor said while addressing the protest.
Prominent locals and NC workers present in the protest were Chairman Panchayat Mandhar Khursheed Hussain Shah, Block President Nangali Bagh Hussain Rathor, Sarpanch Panchayat Lower Shahpur Ghulam Hussain Chaichi, Naib Sarpanch Shahpur Upper Mohammad Ayub Terwa, Nasir Khan, Asif Hussain Khatana and Showkat Rathor.