Anantnag, June 27: Former Jammu and Kashmir Pradesh Congress Committee (JKPCC) president Ghulam Ahmad Mir on Tuesday sought adequate arrangements for people on the auspicious occasion of Eid-ul-Adha. He also demanded the release of salaries in favour of various government employees while urging the J&K LG to personally look into the employee’s issues for their timely redressal.
According to a JKPCC statement, Mir, who presided over a block-level worker meeting of Block Sagam in the Kokernag area of Anantnag district, had a detailed discussion with the party workers over the socio-political scenario obtaining in Jammu and Kashmir. “He received feedback with regard to multiple problems confronting people in the absence of the elected government which has rendered common people unrepresented at every appropriate forum,” the statement said., adding, “The government is drawing sadistic pleasure out of punishing people on one pretext or the other.”
Mir also expressed concern over the “economic crisis” confronting people due to the “extreme rise” in unemployment and many other developmental and economic issues concerning the common masses. He slammed the BJP government at the Centre and the LG government at J&K for “failing to win the trust and confidence of the people”.
On the occasion, the Congress leader sought adequate arrangements including electricity, availability of ration, drinking water and various other facilities, besides keeping a vigil on price hikes on the eve of Eid-ul-Adha. “There have been reports of overpricing on essentials in the markets, but the irony is that the administration is not bothered about these anti-people measures, which is not only unfortunate but highly condemnable,” he said.
The former JKPCC president told the workers that the Congress Party and the people of J&K in unison shall continue fighting for the “restoration of democratic rights” and statehood to J&K, which are “being denied under a well-planned conspiracy by the BJP government in order to evade the humiliating defeat the party is set to face in elections”.
