Shadow Correspondent
Jammu, Sept, 04
People from Bishnah, Arnia and R.S Pura Tehsils today called on Th. Gulchain Singh Charak, Former Minister & President Dogra Sadar Sabha at Bishnah and expressed their happiness on his release from the detention. They included the local village leaders, Sarpanches/ Panches, Numberdars and Chowkidars of the entire border belt of Jammu. All of them unanimously condemned the ill- legal detention of Sh. Charak by the police and said that this was against all democratic norms and basic human rights of freedom of expressions. They further said that Sh. Charak is a prominent Dogra leader who always fought for the democratic rights of the people of the state and have been working for preservation of dogra identity, heritage and communal harmony among the people of this region. They demanded a proper enquiry and action against the concerned police personnel under law of the land.
The local leaders, present on the occasion, projected the problems that they are facing under persistent threat of cross border firing, while their bunkers have not yet been fully provided. The education of their children gets disturbed every now and then and they sought for separate package of recruitment for the youths of the border areas. Some villagers sought for early disbursement of the compensation for farm losses due to fire, damage due to cross border firings and erratic weather conditions.
As the de-silting of Ranbir canal and its distributaries has not been carried out properly. The govt. should ensure that the water reaches up to the tail end for the irrigation purpose. They also explained the problems being faced by farmers cultivating their land falling across the wire fence on the PoJK side.
They also said that the drug menace is going on unabated even after a few arrests. Enemy is using drugs as a weapon to ruin the youth and exploit them after they get addicted. Most of the members expressed their difficulties in filling up the forms by the students for taking admissions for higher education. They insisted that the restrictions must be removed from nationalist law abiding people living in peaceful areas who have always stood by the government and the security forces.
Addressing the gathering Sh. Charak expressed his gratitude to the people for expressing their concern over his illegal detention and promised that he would always stand with them during all odds and difficult situations and shall continue his struggle for preserving the history, heritage and culture of patriot Dogras. The meeting in one voice assured their support to the govt. in restructuring of the J&K State and demanded that the identity, self respect and sensitivities of the Dogras be taken care of as assured by the Hon’ble governor of J&K. Prominent among those who expressed their views on the occasion were Madan Bhagat, Dr. Raghubir Singh, Dr. O. P. Saini, Sdr. Mehar Singh, Capt. Rattan Lal, Dr. Sant Kumar Dingra, Master Chhankar Singh, Balwant Saini and Madan Singh Charak.
