STATE TIMES NEWS
JAMMU: J&K High Court Bar Association, Jammu supported by business community and other organizations on Monday gave a call for a Jammu bandh, alleging the government failed to meet their demands.
“The agitation of J&K High Court Bar Association, Jammu entered into a decisive phase as on the call of Bar Association, the members of civil society representing various political parties, traders organizations and other civil society organizations extended their support to their agitation,” President of the Bar Association Jammu, Senior Advocate M.K Bhardwaj told reporters after the meeting here.
“The meeting gave a call for Jammu province Bandh on 29th August, 2022, Monday,” said Bhardwaj
The prominent speakers in the meeting were Balwan Singh, Ex-MLA of Congress party, Abhinav Sharma, Sr. Adv (Spokesperson BJP Party) & Former President, JKHCBAJ, M.R Qureshi, Adv. PDP Party, Nirmal Kotwal Adv, Apni Party, Ankur Sharma Adv, Ek Jutt Party, S.R. Majotra Sanjeev Sareen, AAP party, Mehrukh Syedam, Adv. N.C. Party, Bansi Lal, Adv. Panther Party, Ashok Gupta, Shiv Sena Party, Vijayant Pathania, Dogra Swabhiman Sangathan Party, Sanjeev Kohli, President Shiv Sena, Anil Gupta, Sr. Vice President, Rajeev Gupta, Vice President, Chamber of Commerce, Gaurav Gupta, General Secretary, Chamber of Commerce, Yashpaul Gupta, Chairman, Retailer Federation, Charanjit Singh President, Wine Traders Association, Zorawar Singh Jamwal, Chairman, Team Jammu, Rajinder Singh Taj, PHE Daily Wagers Association, Deepak Gupta, President, WareHouse Association, Vijay Dogra, Transport Association, Sunil Dimple Mission Statehood, Anoop Mithal, President, Kanak Mandi Bazar Association, Pooja Kapoor, President, Traders Association, Residency Road, Jammu, Rajan Singh Happy, President, Yuva Rajput Sabha, Surjeet Singh, Secretary, District Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee.
Other prominent persons participated in the meeting include Anil Gupta, President, Mohalla Paharian, Traders Association, B.B. Kotwal, President, Market Gurdwara Sunder Singh, Rajinder Manhas, Chief Pattern and Mandeep Singh Chib, Sr.Vice President, Mohan Singh Chib, Sr. Core Committee Member, Monish Singh Manhas, Member all from YRS, Rajan Gupta, President, Traders Association, Talab Tillo, Jammu, Tarsem Manhas, President, Jai Hind Foundation, Manmohan Singh, Jammu Wine Traders Association, Anil Singh Rakwal, President, Sujit Kumar & Deewakar Singh from Maharaja Gulab Singh Brigade, Charanjit Singh, Farmers President, & Jagpal Singh Treasurer District Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee, Ramesh Kumar Tak, President, Traders Welfare Association, General Bus Stand, Suraj Sharma President and Ashwani Manni, Gen Secy both from Trikuta Shopping Complex, B.C. Road, Jammu, Pankaj Mahajan, President, Ankush Mahajan, Gen Secy, Mukesh Luthra, Vice President, VMT Below Gumat Jammu, Dharminder Mahajan, President and Daljit Singh Bumrah Gen. Secy, Shalamar Traders Association, Anil Kohli, President and Rajan Gupta, Gen. Secy, Apsra Road, Association, Shuja Zaffar, Chairman, Jammu Muslim Front, Ankur Anand, Secy. Vegetable & Fruit Association, Narwal, Godia, Gen Secy. Vinayak Bazar, Koushal Sharma, Gou Rakshak Org. Team, Gian Sharma, President, New Hari Market Association, Sanjay Gupta, President, Amit Goel, Gen Secy. R.N. Bazar, Businessmen Association, Surinder Mahajan, Chairman, Purani Mandi Market Association, Joginder Mahajan, Old Hospital Road Market, Sham Lal Langer, Secy Gen. Traders Federation, WareHouse Nehru Market, Surinder Mahajan, Ex. President, R.N. Bazar, Deepak Soni, Dogra Hall Market Association, Amit Gupta, President & Sanjeev Chadda, Gen. Secy. Bakshi Nagar, Traders Association, Rajinder Gupta, President, Trikuta Nagar, Shopkeepers Association, Ashok Gupta, Vice President, Jammu Fruit Association, Dinesh Gupta, Gen. Secy. Chamber and Traders Federation, Rajeev Gupta, President, Below Gumat, Jewel Chowk, Sohit Sharma, Varinder Singh PDP party, Ranbir Singh (PDP), & Surinder Paul, Raman Kumar, Shiv Mangal all BSP party, & Surjeet Singh both AAP party, Navdeep Singh, Jal Shakti Department, United Front.
Besides all the office bearers namely Mohinder Pal Singh Pali, Vice President, Surjeet Singh Andotra, General Secretary, Aditya Sharma, Joint Secretary, Amandeep Singh, Treasurer, Rohit Sharma (YLA President), Gagandeep Singh Lucky (YLA Vice President), Yaseer Farooq Khan (YLA General Secretary), Karanjeet Singh Johal Joint Secretary (YLA), Naresh Kumar Treasurer (YLA), besides many senior & young lawyers participated in the meeting namely Aslam Goni, Sr. Adv, D.S. Saini, Former President, Surinder Kour, Sr. Adv. H.C. Jalmeria, S.S Ahmed, Zahid Sarfraz Malik, Masood Choudhary, B.S. Jamwal, Nisar A. Gattoo, Umesh Sharma, Narinder Sharma, Baldev Singh (Jr.) Supriya Chauhan, Varun Kotwal, Harmeet Mehta and Bhavishya Sudan.
All the speakers felt great need for broader unity of Jammu people to protect their identity and to fight for the various issues and problems being faced by the traders, lawyers, youth, daily wagers, farmers, students etc.
Bhardwaj, gave one week ultimatum to the LG administration for conceding the genuine demands already projected by the Bar Association and in case the administration fails to do so, he announced the unanimous decision of the meeting i.e. Jammu Bandh on 29th of August, 2022 (Monday).
It is worth mentioning here that the members of the Bar Association before the meeting took out a protest Bike Rally in various bazaars of Jammu city including Janipur area, New Plots, Ambhphala, Panjtirthi, Pacca Danga, Moti Bazar, Purani Mandi, City Chowk area, Kanak Mandi, Rajinder Bazar, Shahidi Chowk, Residency Road, R.N. Bazar, Vinayak Bazar, Dogra Chowk, Vikram Chowk etc.
The meeting was conducted by Surjeet Singh Andotra, General Secretary of JKHCBAJ.
