In Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir, the Jammu and Kashmir Pradesh Youth Congress (JKPYC) leaders and activists staged a strong protest in Jammu against the non-availability of the revised Delimitation Commission’s report in public domain.
Led by its President Uday Chib, hundreds of Youth Congress activists assembled near Press Club, Jammu, and raised vociferous slogans against the Delimitation Commission, which they said is working at the behest of the BJP government. They took out the protest demonstration towards Dogra Chowk but police stopped them.
Talking to the reporters later Uday Chib said it is really an irony that during the BJP rule, even lodging peaceful protests has become a crime which is evident from the fact that a large number of Youth Congress leaders and activists were detained by the police.
He said that his party activists were raising a genuine concern during the protest as the Delimitation Commission seems to be playing with the sentiments of the people of Kashmir. He said that multiple delegations met the Commission during its Kashmir visit putting up their objections and suggestions before it but the Commission did not bother to accord due consideration to them and instead it prepared the report as per the directions and convenience of Jammu and Kashmir BJP leaders.
The PYC leader said that people of Kashmir were not happy with the proposed draft of Delimitation Commission report. He said that it was an open secret that even hundreds of BJP workers have lodged protest and submitted their resignation in response to the blatant discrepancies in the redrawing of constituencies.—KMS
