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Minorities not safe in Rajouri: SDS

SDS appeals Governor, alleges dictatorial attitude of local administration.

Rajouri: The cruel face of district administration and local police came into forefront today when they open lathicharge and teargas over the protesting people of minority community of border district Rajouri result in injuring several including women and children’s.

The incident took place today morning when thousands of people of minority community of the area gathered near Tehsil office for a peaceful mass protest against the discriminatory attitude of the District Administration and atrocities by the local police. The minorities under the banner of Sanatan Dharam Sabha(SDS) were raising the slogans against the district administration and demanding the arrest of the culprits responsible for stone pelting on their religious Bhairav procession. Continuing the chain number of people including women today also offered themselves for court arrest.

Addressing the gathering Dinesh Sharma, President Sanatan Dharam Sabha, Rajouri alleged that the local police and administration is treating the nationalist minority community of the area as second citizens of the country. The police personals enter into our houses, misbehaves with our mothers and sisters, uses filthy and harsh languages and abuse our blood relations, broken the panes of windows, doors and other infrastructure thus creating havoc in our minds, he alleges.

All this is happening on the direction of higher official of the administration and under such circumstances when the police treat us as we are criminals it is next to impossible for us to stay safe and with dignity here.

Dinesh said that the some mischievous elements who are involved in stone pelting and creating communal tension in the area are moving free, enjoying all state avenues and in spite of arresting them, the police is beating us not even sparing our women and children’s. They are not allowing us to perform our religious ceremonies, we are not allowed to raise our voice, we are forbidden from the basic commodities of daily use by the administration and majority community which is a clear cut violation of Human Rights, he added.

The dictatorial attitude of the local administration towards the nationalist people of the area is an indication that something is cooking behind the curtain which is not favorable for the integrity of the nation, he said.

Demanding the arrest of culprits and change of district administration, he has appeal to the Governor of the state for the security of the minority people of the area. If not provided security and justice than we are forced to migrate from here to some other part of the country where we live with dignity, he added. As here both majority community and government both are harassing us.

He has also said that till our demands are not fulfilled we will not hold any talk with any group of the state government.

Prominent citizens who lead the protest include Kuldeep Raj Gupta (Sr. BJP leader), Yogesh Sharma (Distt. President BJP), Rajinder Gupta (Ex-Chairman Municipal Committee), Vijay Gupta (President Beopar Mandal, Rajouri), Hardev Raj (Incharge RSS Rajouri-Poonch), Bharat Bhushan Vaid(Distt. Vice president BJP), Kamal Gupta (Distt. Vice president BJP), Sushil Vaid (Vice President, SDS ) and many others.

Vibodh Gupta appeals for peace and harmony in Rajouri

senior BJP leader from Rajouri Vibodh Gupta has appealed both the
communities to maintain peace and harmony and not to get trapped by
the miscreants of majority community who want disturbance for their petty interests and pelted stones and bottles on the peaceful Jhanki of bharo devta. Gupta
said that the present situation in Rajouri was the result of complete
failure on the part of administration which didn’t act timely .
Ina statement issued here today, BJP leader said that Poonch and
Rajouri has its own priorities and the peace loving people must come
forward and miscreants be isolated in the society . “ We both the
communities have many commonalities in this region and we can not stay
away from each other . It is time to come forward and defeat the
miscreants in the society . Gupta also expressed his resentment that
the real
trouble makers of majority community roaming free and innocent youth of both the communities were arrested. Describing majority of the Muslim
community in the district peace loving and secular , Vibodh Gupta said
that only few elements in the community have brought bad name who have
been glorified by the administration . Vibodh Gupta said that Muslim
elders must come forward and play a role at this moment and whole of
the society should not be made hostage of the miscreants in the
society .
Vibodh Gupta said that instead of taking action against the miscreants
and trouble creators, the administration clamped indefinite curfew on
whole of the town which was not required . “ Had the administration
acted against the miscreants timely there was no need to impose
curfew”, added Gupta

Omar steers J&K out of tumult waters: Rana

Jammu, March 09 – Political Advisor to the Chief Minister Devender Singh Rana Friday said that Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah steered Jammu and Kashmir state out of tumult and turbulent ocean to the safe and secure shore of peace and prosperity adding that PDP in 2008 left its ally in the government in isolation and the state in a situation of uncertainty and disturbance. “It was the visionary stewardship of Omar Abdullah and the courageous efforts of National Conference-Congress coalition government which pulled the state out of the tides and turbulence in which PDP had left it in”, he said launching pitched attack on PDP for running from the scene in 2008 when it was required to act for the sake of the state and its people. Rana said that the peaceful year of 2011 attained by the hard efforts of Omar-led government which laid the strong edifice for sustained growth and development in the State. “The year of 2011 was a year of peace, calm and economic resurgence”, he said adding that 13 lac tourists visited the valley and one crore pilgrim to Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Ji generating wide ranging economic avenues for the people. Speaking in favour of the Budget during the discussion in the Legislative Council today Devender Singh Rana described the budget a vibrant and upto the mark document identifying clear roadmap for holistic development and inclusive economic progress in the State. “It is all time best financial statement taking care of all aspects and providing relief of some or the other kind to every sector and every citizen”, Rana said describing the budget as a real financial assessment and analysis aimed at addressing ground realities with firm footing. Rana said that during the PDP regime, the then government created great hype in media and other circles about the presentation of Zero Deficit Budget which was ultimately proved to be only jugglery of words and based on window dressing. He complimented the Finance Minister, Abdul Rahim Rather for exhibiting his experience, prudence and intelligence under the visionary leadership of Omar Abdullah for formulating best ever budget under the challenging and difficult circumstances. Rana said that shirking responsibility and depicting double standards have been the outlook of PDP and its leadership since its inception. He said PDP delayed the implementation of sixth pay commission deliberately to avoid facing the financial burden and manage the economic affairs at one hand and pretended to be employee-friendly by raising hollow slogans in their favour. “It was Omar led NC-Congress government which rose to the occasion and implemented the recommendations of the sixth pay commission. Not only this, the coalition government also released the first installment of arrears to the employees despite poor fiscal management inherited to it by the PDP”, he said. Describing Jammu & Kashmir Bank as the Corporate face of Jammu and Kashmir State, Rana said that the J&K Bank is the bank of people of the state and when NC-Congress coalition government took a reformative initiative to strengthen the base and the functioning of Jammu and Kashmir Bank, the PDP as usual launched politically motivated campaign to create false impression about the government. He said the reform in fact strengthened the bank as also led to better fiscal management of the state thereby leading to a saving of Rs. 200 crore in debt interest.

Taking a dig on the poor financial management that prevailed during the tenure of PDP regime, Rana said that Union Government in 2002 sanctioned Rs. 3900 crores to the J&K State for Power reforms, but the then PDP regime consumed the amount for purchasing additional power to exhibit political gimmickry and astray the people giving impression that it has improved upon the power supply scenario as compared to the previous government.

“It was only a populace approach at the cost of state and its people by the then PDP government”, he said adding that had PDP government spent only Rs. 300 crores yearly out of Rs. 1300 crores it received annually for power reforms on the strengthening of transmission and distribution system the situation at present would have been better. He said had the PDP government acted as a responsible government and utilized the money properly the state’s T&D losses would have been greatly fallen by today.

Rana said PDP made the state to lose the opportunity to transform the power situation and willfully and willingly caused the state to suffer on this count.

Stating that hollow political sloganeering does not lay foundation for strong economy and economic development, Rana said that the mismanagement of financial affairs and misspending of funds, the PDP regime willfully played with the economic health of the state and caused irrecoverable damage to the development in all sectors.

Rana complimented the Finance Minister, Abdul Rahim Rather for managing the financial matters prudently and said that the visionary financial management in the state during the last three years received appreciation and the 13th Finance Commission award of Rs. 40557 crore to the state as against Rs. 20880 crores by 12th Finance Commission. “This 100% jump is because of the prudence, right estimation, proper analysis and articulation by the Finance Minister under the leadership of Chief Minister Omar Abdullah”, Rana said.

Referring to the people-friendly measures incorporated in the budget provisions, Rana said that the concession in VAT and other Taxes has touched every kitchen, every soul and every sector positively. He said the brilliant financial statement presented by Mr. Rather has taken due care of growth and development in all sectors focusing on agriculture, industry, horticulture and other sectors bearing direct influence on economic growth and development. He said despite constraints there has been increase in the collection of taxes by 30% which is remarkable. He also complimented the Finance Minister for exceeding the budgetary estimates this year in tax collections and said that it would have positive effect on the economy of the state.

Underlining the need for concentrating on agriculture and allied sectors, Rana said that 80% population is directly or indirectly associated with this sector, but it contributes only 19% to the GDP of the state which needed to be focused. He said that hardcore measures are required to bridge this gap and put in place effective field level extension mechanism to implement the concept of ‘lab to land’. He emphasized the need for introducing effective measures for transfer of technology from lab to land and its dividends to the farmers. He said that regular and constant rapport between Universities and Agriculture department is need of the hour in this regard. He said Agriculture department could act as conduit in this connection.

Rana highlighting the need of revamping and reviving the PSU sector, underlined its importance in generation of wide ranging economic activities in the state and contributing to the development. He suggested third party monitoring and involvement of expert consultancy in this regard to give tailor made inputs for the revival of these PSUs Rana also laid stress on the need for developing a real time data bank of all kinds of assets, works, expenditures, planning, monitoring etc at block, district, department and state level for better planning, development and monitoring.

Underlining the need for special purpose vehicle for inclusive and holistic development of bad and backward pockets, Rana said that Finance department needs to attend this aspect by earmarking special funds for these areas because of their special needs. He referred to the initiative taken by the Chief Minister Omar Abdullah as Planning Minister for faster upliftment and progress of bad and backward pockets and said that similar initiative can also be put in place by the Finance Department to ensure a special focus on these aras. (ovnw)

Mir asks youth to work for nation building

Inaugurates DPN office at Rehari

JAMMU, MARCH-11- To strengthening its base at winter capital, President Democratic Nationalist Party (DPN) and Minister for Agriculture, Mr. Ghulam Hassan Mir today inaugurated the Party office at Rehari Jammu this afternoon.

State Vice President DPN, Mr Kuldip Wahai, Provincial General Secretary DPN, Mr Ramash Chander, Mr Khosa, Mr Vipal Bali, Mr avinash vohra ,Mr. Turan Tendon, Mr. Anshual Chopra, Mr Shivam Vaid, Mr Vivak Duta and Mr Rajat Vohra office bears of DPN were present on the occasion.

Number of students of different areas joined the DPN also on the occasion.

Addressing the party workers, DPN president said that our agenda is to work for the development of the state besides to provide a platform to the youth of J&K to channelize their hidden talent in right direction. He said that our youth has enormous potential and it’s our responsibility to provide them opportunity for nation building.

Rejecting the politics on the basis of cast, religion, region, Mr. Mir said that such slogans divide the people adding that “hate politics is the beigest threat to our democracy in the state as well as at national level”. He said our motive is to bring all the people under one umbrella and utilize their potential for strengthening the pillars of democracy in the state.

Asking the youth to work for the unity of the state and defeat the evil designs of the communal forces, DPN president said that the state has vast potential of natural resources and it is our duty to work untidily for tapping these resources judiciously for the development of state to realize the parties dream to make J&K model state of the Country. He said that our future lies in prosperity, peace and development adding that “our priority should to provide a state of the art educational infrastructure with quality education to our future generation, better health care facilities, safe drink water and other social needs to the people of the state at their door step”.

Welcoming the Jammu youth for accepting the policies and programmes of DPN, Mr. Mir asked the youth to strengthen the party base in your respective localities and areas as DPN vision is to empower the people at lower level. He assured the people particularly the youth that party leadership would always on forefront for their welfare to groom them for taking the future challenges. OVNW