DPAP holds protest in Jammu against Rationcurtailment, electricity, property tax, CUET exams

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JAMMU: Democratic Progressive Azad Party (DPAP) on Monday protested in Jammu and submitted the memorandum of demands to the Divisional Commissioner Jammu seeking his immediate intervention to address the growing public concerns over curtailment of Ration, price rise, rising electricity bills, CUET exams, and outsourcing of local minerals to outsiders.
The protest was led by Senior party leadership including G.M Saroori, Jugal Kishore Sharma and others. The DPAP workers later marched towards the Divisional Commissioner office where they submitted the memorandum for demands.
“No resources shall be outsourced at the cost of local people. The people of Jammu and Kashmir have the first right over its resources, these resources have not been only building our economy but were fetching employment to thousands of people,” Saroori said. The protesters also asked to exempt the people from electricity charges who have meagre income. Due to mismanagement of National Testing Agency in conducting CUET exams for admission in Graduate and post graduate courses in Jammu and Kashmir, we demand that for this year CUET should not made applicable for students of J&K and requesting to allow the students to take admissions in different colleges and Universities of J&K on the previous pattern.
We strongly oppose the decision of imposition of property tax and request for its immediate roll back, also old age pension must be given and Kerosine oil and sugar should be introduced again, said Saroori.
Among others present on the occasion were Gourav Chopra Distt President, Hira Lal Abrol Secretary, Masood Choudhary Secretary, Prabha Salathia Mahila Chief, Gurmeet Kaur, Sunita Arora, G. Singh Majotra, Rajinder Singh Manhas, Anoop Khajuria, Vishal Chopra and Ashok Khajuria.