Demanding immediate roll back of National Food Security Act, launched recently in Jammu and Kashmir, as well as an inquiry into the stocking of eleven thousand solar lights, which were issued for Poonch district in 2014, National Conference Thursday staged a massive protest in Mandi area of Poonch.Led by Jammu Provincial President of Youth National Conference, Ajaz Jan, a large number of National Conference workers and common people assembled at Mandi tehsil headquarter of Poonch and staged protest raising slogans against recently launched National Food Security Act terming it harmful for general public and also demanded its roll back." Most of the details in the lists prepared for NFSA are wrong with a large number of poor families removed from the ration beneficiary list without any reason which shows PDP BJP coalition launched NFSA without preparations " Jan and other NC leaders said while urging Governor's administration to roll back the act terming NFSA harmful for Jammu and Kashmir.
"Even Government of India itself mentioned that in some states including J&K, NFSA will prove harmful but despite of this PDP-BJP coalition launched this anti-people food act" they added.Coming heavily on previous PDP BJP government, National Conference also alleged that a mega initiative for providing solar lights to the people of Poonch was put in cool bag merely for political reasons and an impartial inquiry should be conducted in the matter."Keeping in view the power crisis, in 2014, 11000 solar lights were sanctioned for Poonch district by than Union Minister for New and Renewable Source of Energy, Farooq Abdullah but soon after the sanctioning, floods hit the state and than assembly polls were announced due to which Omar Abdullah led government was not able to distribute these lights among poor masses " Jan said." After formation of new government, the initiative of distributing solar lights was put in cool bag only on the finger tips of government leaders " Jan alleged adding that the delay in it was merely on the basis of political gains." We demand an inquiry as thousand of solar lights, stocked in Poonch, are getting faulted posing loss to government exchequer and those who are delaying the distribution of lights should be nailed " Jan said.
Besides this Youth NC Provincial President Ajaz Jan also said that due to polarization of society by BJP and PDP only for their political gains, students of Jammu and Kashmir studying outside state are in a state of constant fear and insecurity and governors administration should initiate steps to ensure their security.Other senior NC leaders who spoke in this protest include Harcharan Singh Khalsa, Abdul Ahad Bhat, Sadardin Chak, Ghulam Abbas, Saleem Khari, Chowdhary Mohammad Shafi, Ghulam Ahmed Lone, Mohammad Akram Lone, Bagh Hussain Rathor, Hamid Malik Inqlabi, Baby Bardan, Surjan Singh, Ismail Bhat, Sarpanch Khalil Ahmed, Imtiyaz Banday, Sarpanch Kaim Din, Sayeed Anayat Bukhari, Khursheed Ahmed and Moulvi Fareed Ahmed. (KNS)