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Jammu burning
Jammu and Kashmir, India: Jammu has been burning for over a month now. As the bandh in the city entered its ninth day on Friday, hundreds of protesters laid siege to the airport here, leaving NC patron Farooq Abdullah and PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti stranded.
| I think the Hindus are just fed up |
Its clear that the agitation has the support of all sections of society. The traders, for instance, are supporting the bandh, despite having suffered losses to the tune of Rs 3,500 crore in one month. Chamber of Commerce president Ram Sahai alleged that the state Government collects 70 per cent of its revenue from Jammu, but looks towards Kashmir when it comes to developmental work.
| A Muslim majority that lives off the tax revenue from the Hindu minority? Just shocking. |
The police, on the other hand, are finding it difficult to control the situation. Though SSP, Jammu, S D Singh Jamwal, said they were trying their best to curb the agitation, another senior officer, on condition of anonymity, said "the more we try to check it, the more it gets intensified". "What can the police do when such a large number of people are involved," he added .
With government offices non-functional due to absent staff, commuter services off the roads, banks and educational institutions closed, normal life has been thrown out of gear. However, despite facing numerous hardships like scarcity of essential commodities, the agitators seem to be in no mood to stop without arriving at a solution to the Amarnath land row. Many claim this is the only way to give vent to their ire at being discriminated against by those who ruled from the Valley over the past 60 years.
Posted by: john frum 2008-08-02 |
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