Jammu, June 02: Dogra leader and DSSP chief Ch Lal Singh on Friday said if Jammu is declared as a separate state, there will be peace in all the ten districts of the province and those forces trying to sabotage and derail the peace, shall be totally wiped out.
“It will open new vistas of development and restore the democratic process which otherwise is a distant dream for no fault of the people of Jammu,” he said while addressing a public gathering here.
He sought support for his party’s demand of Jammu as a separate state “to give a befitting reply to the anti-national forces and many enemies within and outside the country”.
Singh on the occasion said the local leadership has failed to prevail upon New Delhi to convince them of the cause of the people of Jammu. “It was these people who talked of Jammu State and floated a political outfit namely Jammu State Morcha, but it is surprising how they have forgotten their commitment to the people of Jammu,” he said.
Local Sarpanchas and Panchas highlighted their genuine demand and vociferously endorsed the demand of Jammu separate state, the DSSP said in a statement issued here, adding, “They all supported and pledged to fight for this cause to ensure jobs and land to the locals and condemned the decision of the government to sell the land of Jammu province at peanut rates.”
