Members of All Jammu Kashmir Panchayat Conference in Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir staged a protest in Srinagar demanding of the authorities to fulfill the genuine demands of the people.
According to Kashmir Media Service, the body consisting of all Sarpanchs and Panchs assembled in the Press Enclave and put forth five demands and sought the administration to fulfill them at the earliest.
The protesters said, the first demand is to hold three-tier panchayat election for all District Development Council (DCC) and Block Development Council (BDC) candidates. They said, the second is to restore old scale supply at ration stores, as people across valley are expressing anguish over a 50% reduction in the ration quota over the last three years. Each individual in a Priority Household (PHH) category now receives only 5 kilograms of rice instead of the average 10 kilograms, leading to discontent among the people regarding their food needs, they said.
The protesters said, the third demand is that there shouldn’t be high charges for electricity as it is a local resource of Jammu and Kashmir. “In the past two months, protests were reported in Pulwama and Srinagar areas against the installation of smart meters. Locals, mostly women, assembled on roads against the move sought the removal of the order,” they said.
The fourth demand, the protesters said, is to reserve all government jobs in the territory for the residents of IIOJK and no outsider should be eligible for the same.—INP
