STATE TIMES NEWS
JAMMU: Hundreds of Congress workers were detained on Friday when a massive protest was held by the party and marched towards Raj Bhavan from Shaheedi Chowk Jammu. Led by JKPCC President G A Mir along with working president Raman Bhalla, Vice presidents Mula Ram, former Minister G M Saroori, Chief Spokesperson Ravinder Sharma, Vice president Kanta Bhan, General Secretary I/C Jammu Yogesh Sawhney and several other prominent leaders were taken into custody while holding a protest march towards Raj Bhawan, raising slogans in favour of Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi and against price rise, unemployment and misuse of central agencies. The protestors were also raising slogans demanding restoration of statehood and early democracy in Jammu and Kashmir. As part of nationwide call of AICC, a large number of Congress leaders and workers including Mahila workers assembled at Shaheedi Chowk Jammu.
They declared that the struggle against injustice, price rise, unemployment and vendetta politics shall continue. Prominent others who participated and arrested included Sumit Mangotra, Uttam Singh, Virinder Singh, Ram Mangotra, Surinder Khajuria, Balbir Singh, Rajan Sharma, Manav Upadhaya, Ajaib Motton, kewel yogi, Latish Sharma, and several others.
