Shadow Correspondent
Jammu, Nov 09
A strong protest against demonetization was held by the Congress party near Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Office in Jammu today, on the 2nd anniversary of demonetization in the Country today. Senior leaders along with over 300 activists taken into custody.
The protest was led by AICC Secretary Shri Sudhir Sharma along with Shri Raman Bhalla, Mula Ram (former Ministers) & Vice Presidents PCC, Kanta Bhan, Chief Spokesperson Ravinder Sharma, Co-treasurer Rajnish Sharma, General Secretaries Yogesh Sawhney, Manmohan Singh, DCC Presidents Vikram Malhotra, Hari Singh Chib, and other senior leaders of PCC, DCC Mahila Cogress, Seva Dal, Youth Congress, NSUI, Newly elected Corportaors/councilors and scores of other leaders and workers assembled at RBI Chowk near Railway Station and held a strong protest demonstration raising slogans against Modi Govt. for the ill advised step ruining the economy of the country. They raised slogans carrying placards denouncing the action of the Modi Govt. which has caused great loss to the economy of the country and ruined the small and tiny private sector and causing huge sufferings to the daily wage earners, who were deprived of job and bread and butter besides over hundred people lost their lives standing in quees outside banks to get their hard earned money.
After holding demonstration for around two hours, the senior leaders and activists were taken into preventive custody by police and taken to DPL Gandhinagar, along with over 300 party activists comprising leaders of PCC, Districts, Blocks, Corporators and Frontal Organizations
Prominent leaders who were arrested and later released include Sudhir Sharma, Raman Bhalla, Mula Ram, Ravinder Sharma, Kanta Bhan, Rajnish Sharma, Yogesh Sawhney, Manmohan Singh, Vikram Malhotra, Hari Singh Chib, Y.V. Sharma, Indu Pawar- Ex-MLA (President Mahila Congress), Rajesh Sadotra (Seva Dal Chief), Raqeeq Khan (NSUI), Former Minister Ch. Gharu Ram, Prof Gharu Ram Bhagat (EX-MLA), Gurdarshan Singh, Krishan Lal Gupta, Nadeem Shrief Naiz, Sanjeev Sharma, Suresh Dogra, Gourav Chopra, Vandana Sharma, Suman Choudhary, Prabha Slathia, Narinder Gupta, Amrit Bali, Dwarka Choudhary, Kamal Singh, Vijay Sharma, H.S. Mehta, Mohan Choudhary, Ritu Choudhary, Rajinder Singh Jamwal, Ms. Bhanu Mahajan, Satish Sharma, Sahil Sharma, Newly elected corporators, DCC Leaders, Block Presidents and many others.