Manjit seeks 27 pc reservation for OBCs
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Monday January 4, 2021 4 DISTRICTS STATE TIMES NEWS BHADARWAH: Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union housing and urban affairs minister Hardeep Singh Puri awarded the 'best construction award' through video conferencing under Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana to an elderly couple resident of Jammu and Kashmir's Bhadarwah town. The awardee was joined by DDC Doda Dr Sagar Dattaray Doifode, Executive Officer BMC (Bhadarwah Municipal Committee) Yusaf- Ul-Umar and other officials, at the mini secretariat Doda. During the video-confer- ence, PM Modi talked about the scheme that started in June 2015 and the number of beneficiaries from poor and middle-class urban families. Out of total 88 beneficiar- ies selected for the best con- struction award from the country, three belonged to UT of Jammu and Kashmir including one each from Samba, Ramgarh and Bhadarwah. From Ward 10 of Tharra Mohalla of Bhadarwah town elected for the award is Abdul Latief Ganai (65), who use to work at a small cloth shop had a severe slip disc, due to which he remained bed ridden for 15 years and became bankrupt. "Due my prolonged illness, I have to sell everything I had and lived in one room with my wife and two sons," said Abdul Latief Ganai (65). While expressing his grati- tude to the Prime Minister, Ganai said that PMAY scheme came as a blessing in disguise for my family as today we are living in our own pucca house and also have been awarded for the best construction by the Prime Minister himself. His 24 years-old son Nadeem Latief, who recently completed his post gradua- tion in history also joined his father at Doda during the Prime Minister's video con- ference and felt elated while his father's name was being announced for the best con- struction award. "We have seen very diffi- cult times as for years me and my brother use to spend nights with our cousins or friends place as we have only one room, but now we have our own roof for which we are thankful to the honorable Prime Minister," said Nadeem Latief son of Latief Ganai. EO Muncipal Committee Bhadarwah while appreciat- ing the efforts of awarded family said that they con- structed the house as per guidelines and today they have been awarded for their honesty and dedication which is matter of pride for us as well. "I hope all the beneficiaries will get inspiration from Latief as in Bhadarwah town a total of 330 homes have been sanctioned under PMAY Urban, out of which 200 are under construction and 47 have been already completed," said Yusaf-Ul- Umar, EO BMC. Under the EWS (Economically weaker Sections) scheme, each bene- ficiary is given a grant of Rs 1.66 lakh to build his/her house. Bed-ridden for 15 years, 65 year-old from Bhadarwah bags ‘best house construction’ award under PMAY Awardee Abdul Latief Ganai along with his family. STATE TIMES NEWS POONCH: Poonch Police in the year 2020 achieved suc- cess on its Anti terror front as well as against people involved in smuggling of narcotics with ten hideouts have been busted during the year 2020 and twenty four cases have been registered under Narcotics Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act in the district besides one hundred and nine cases against people involved in violation of lockdown imposed in wake of Corona Virus pandemic. Senior Superintendent of Police, Poonch, Ramesh Angral issued a statement sharing details of success for police during the year 2020 that ended two days ago. SSP said that Poonch police team headed by territorial supervisory officers including Additional SP Khalid Amin, Deputy SP Headquarters Poonch, Deputy SP PC (Operations), SDPO Mendhar, Deputy SP DAR, Deputy SP Surankote and Deputy SP Chakan Da Bagh and all the SHOs and Police Post Incharges worked on dif- ferent fronts of policing with imposition of restrictions under COVID19 lockdown and action on anti militancy front were prime. He informed that a total of ten militant hideouts have been busted during joint oper- ations by police, army and other security forces in 2020 with a huge quantity of arms, ammunition and explosives were recovered from these and this include 13 rifles of AK series, 31 Magazines of AK rifles, 1595 bullets of AK rifles, 12 Pistols, 16 Pistol Magazines, 190 Pistol rounds, 01 PKM gun, 25 Hand Grenades, 03 Wireless Sets, 02 Binoculars, 02 AGL grenades, 05 UBGL grenades, 01 UBGL gun, 500 grams of RDX and 06 Chinese Grenades. SSP said that a major anti militancy operation was car- ried out by police and army at Chatapani on Mughal Road on 13 December in which two Pakistani militants were elim- inated whereas one militant associate was arrested from the spot whereas six militant associates have been arrested in total in previous year. He also said that in the last week of December last year, a militancy module have been busted in Mendhar wherein three militant associates have been arrested with eight grenades, two pistols and ammunition with these associ- ates were planning to attack some religious places in the area. SSP also said that police also carried out stern action over the menace of smuggling of narcotics and drugs with twenty eight person have been arrested in twenty four cases and 12.472 KGs of Heroine, 60.150 KGs of poppy straw, 4 KGs of poppy follower, 334 Grams of Charas and 430 Tramadol capsules have been recovered from their posses- sion. Similarly, police also worked tirelessly in implementation of COVID19 lockdown with 107 FIRs have been registered across the district against 193 violators with 152 vehicles and 29 shops were seized whereas fine to the tune of 2,25,610 rupees have been realised from 988 violators who have been fined. SSP also discussed about dozens of PCPG meetings organised across the district besides numerous sports events. Terming maintenance of law and order in the district as a prime priority of police, SSP Poonch Ramesh Angral said that stern action has been taken against seven person for anti national and communal remarks on social media plat- forms which were having potentially to disturb law and order but their act was promptly followed and cogni- sance action was taken. Year 2020: Poonch Police successfully carried out multiple anti-terror operations 24 cases underNDPS Act registered across district, 109 against COVID-19 lockdown violators STATE TIMES NEWS SAMBA: Apni Party on Sunday constituted District Committees of Other Backward Class (OBC) and Schedule Caste (SC) in Samba district with the approval from Party President Syed Mohammed Altaf Bukhari. In a statement issued here, Apni Party Provincial President and Former Minister Manjit Singh announced the OBC and SC Committees of Apni Party in Samba district on the recom- mendation of State Coordinator OBC Madan Lal Chalotra and State Coordinator SC Bodh Raj Bhagat. These committees were constituted with the consul- tation and approval of Party President Altaf Bukhari. Bishan Das Verma has been appointed as District President OBC of Apni Party in Samba District, Krishan Lal has been appointed as Vice President OBC, Kewal Krishan Prajapati has been appoint- ed as Secretary OBC, and S Surjeet Singh has also been appointed as Joint Secretary OBC. Meanwhile, for Schedule Caste (SC) District Samba Body, Raj Kumar Bhagat has been appointed as President SC Apni Party, Rajiv Kumar has been appointed as Vice President SC, Sunil Kumar has been appointed as Secretary SC, Ajit Kumar has been appointed as Joint Secretary SC and Parshotam Kumar as Joint Secretary SC. The committees were con- stituted following a meeting chaired by Apni Party Provincial President Manjit Singh at Vijaypur in which OBC State Coordinator Madan Lal Chalotra and State Coordinator of SC Bodh Raj Bhagat were also present. Speaking on the occasion, Former Minister, and Provincial President, Manjit Singh said that they have constituted OBC and SC committees so that the neg- lected section of society can be represented by their own people. "The OBC has a long pend- ing demand of 27 % reserva- tion in J&K. However, their issues are not being addressed by the Govt. It has deprived them of their rights," said Manjit Singh. Expressing commitment, he said that "Apni Party will fight for all the people whether farmers or students or unemployed youth. We do not do discrimination with anyone. We equally treat everyone in the society." Congratulating the OBC and SC committee members, the OBC State Coordinator, Madan Lal Chalotra said that Other Backward Class community has remained neglected for decades in J&K and their representatives enjoyed power by keeping their community in poverty and unrepresented. "Time has come when the people will have to stand for themselves and there would be no scope for their further exploitation," Chalotra said. On this occasion, SC State Coordinator, Bodh Raj Bhagat said that the SC community has always been treated as vote bank by the previous Govts and the polit- ical parties have misled them with their hollow slogans. "We have constituted a committee of SC wing and given them space in the part with a hope that the commu- nity will get their issues resolved. The Apni Party does not discriminate. We stand for unity and integrity of the country as well as of J&K," he added. Saleem Alam, Shanker Singh Chib, Sardeesh Rana, Panch Vijaypur Babli Devi, Bhagat Sain Dass, Bharat Bushan, Sardar Sucha Singh, among others were present on the occasion. Manjit seeks 27 pc reservation for OBCs Apni Party Provincial President along with members of OBC and SC Committees at Samba. STATE TIMES NEWS UDHAMPUR: An aware- ness camp was organised in Bhangra Jageer village of by President Tariq Shah and members of the NGO Jiyo and Jeene Do in which many people were informed about important topics including procedure for making golden cards. Along with this the Information related to PCPNDT Act was provided. Giving details of the awareness camp, Shah said that our NGO has organ- ised this camp with a motive to make people of far flung areas aware of various government schemes that are specifical- ly launched for poor people belonging to even far flung areas. We also provided information regarding vari- ous government schemes such as "Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao", Sukanya Yojana, Swachh Bharat, Ujjwala Yojana, Pradhanmantri Avaas Yojna etc to the peo- ple gathered here. The camps was organized at Basantgarh, Lati, Pancheri, Batote and many other areas. Members of NGO Ejaz, Ali, Rajesh, Pawan, Santosh Kumari and a large number of local people including Sarpanch were present. People made aware of Golden Cards NGO President Tariq Shah educating people during a camp at Udhampur on Sunday. STATE TIMES NEWS UDHAMPUR: A monthly meeting of Jammu Kashmir Teachers' Joint Action Committee (JKT- JAC) was held at Udhampur on Sunday under the chairmanship of UT President Vinod Sharma and District President Lekh Raj Parihar. The meeting was attended by JKTJAC rep- resentatives from all the eleven zones of the district. While speaking on the occasion Vinod Sharma raised the burning issues of the teachers we which in case include Transfer Policy in favour of teachers appointed under ReT scheme as these teachers have been working in the same schools for last 20 years; inclusion of 5 years ReT period for seniority benefits; regularisation of ReTs who have completed their 5 years ReT period and waiting for the same for a long time as a some cases are pending for last more than two years; appointment of ZEOs in headless zones so that teachers may not suffer; conversion of left out RRETs to Teachers Grade II/III as they are suffering due to non release of their salaries. While speaking on the occasion Lekh Raj Parihar requested CEO Udhampur to make provision for release of pending MDM dues of Zones Ghordi and Udhampur which the teachers have managed from their own pockets and sought the resolution of Tax deduction issue of Zone Ghordi so that teach- ers may not suffer any more. Others who also spoke on the occasion were: Sukhdev Singh Sumbria, Sham Sharma, Sukesh Khajuria, Ashok Seth, Pritam Goswami , Chain Singh, Ravinder Singh Rathore , Bhushan Khajuria, Shamsher Singh, Anil Sharma, Sham Singh, Viney Sharma , Dharuv Singh , Vipin Sharma, Maan Chand Khajuria, Pankaj Singh, Bharat Bhushan Singh, Puma Chand and others. JKTJAC raises burning issues of teachers STATE TIMES NEWS KATHUA: District Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee Kathua organized Nagar Kirtan and Arambh Sri Akhand Path Sahib on Sunday on the holy auspicious occasion of the Parkash Utsav of Shri Guru Gobind Singh which will be held on Sunday, 5th of January 2021 (district level) in district Gurdwara Sri Guru Singh Sabha Kathua (J&K). In the Nagar Kirtan various bands and children were par- ticipated in the procession. The main attraction of the Nagar Kirtan was Gatka Jattha from Amritsar which exhibited the exclusive warfare techniques of sikh religion. Fruits, tea and sweets were served to the participants of Nagar Kirtan. The Nagar Kirtan passed through Mukharjee Chownk, Parliwand, Bhagat Singh Chownk, Sawan Chak Gurdwara and Shaheedi Chownk. Langar was also organized by the Gurdwara committee of Sawan Chak. Hundreds of people from all walks of life participated in Nagar Kirtan. S. Charanjit Singh (Distt. President), S. Kuldeep Singh (Secretary), S. Navjot Singh (Gen. Secretary), S. Daljeet Singh (Advisor), S. Amrik Singh (Cashier), S. P.P Singh (manager) were also present in the Nagar Kirtan. While speaking on the occa- sion District President Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee, S. Charanjit Singh said that the main func- tion will be held on 5th of January, 2021 in which Bhog Sri Akhand Path Sahib, Shabad Kirtan & Lectures will be recited by the renowned Jathas from Punjab and other places. He further said that eminent Parcharaks will throw light on the life and achievements of Shri Guru Gobind Singh Ji Maharaj. He also thanked the traffic police, PDD, PHE, Department of health and District adminis- tration kathua for their coop- eration. Nagar Kirtan taken out in Kathua Sikh youth displaying martial arts during Nagar Kirtan. STATE TIMES NEWS RAMBAN: Hundreds of vehicles remained stranded at several places due to sus- pension of traffic on 270 Km Jammu-Srinagar NHW-44 after heavy snow- fall and accumulation of snow at both sides of Jawahar Tunnel in Banihal area of Ramban. According to Traffic police, the vehicular move- ment was stopped in view of slippery conditions and accumulation of snow around Jawahar Tunnel. According to advisory from Traffic headquarters, "No vehicular movement shall be allowed traffic on Jammu-Srinagar Highway(NHW-44) from Jammu towards Srinagar and vice versa on Monday(04/01/2021). DySP Traffic Ramban Parul Bhardwaj said that highway is blocked due snowfall and shooting stones at several places. The restoration work will be started only after improve- ment in weather. "Possibilities of highway restoration by today is very less." He appealed people to avoid journey on Jammu- Srinagar National Highway till get confirmation of it's status from control rooms. He informed that more than 800 Vehicles including HMVS and LMVs are stranded at Chanderkote, Ramban and Banihal . Beside hundreds of vehicles has been stopped at Nagrota and Udhampur areas as well. Meanwhile, stranded pas- sengers alleged that they are suffering since last night as authorities are not allowing them from Jawahar Tunnel towards their destinations. They said that Traffic authorities allowed them from Banihal but has been stopped at Jawahar Tunnel. They said that earlier authorities allowed traffic through newly constructed four-lanning Tunnel Nowgaam but now they are not allowing them with the excuse that Tunnel is not officially inaugurated. Stranded passengers are demanding that they should be allowed from new Tunnel till traffic through JT not restored. Jammu-Srinagar NH closed for traffic after heavy snowfall at Jawahar Tunnel, people suffering Vehicles stranded on NH near Ramban after NH closed. (Pics by Raja Rehber Jamal) Many join AAP STATE TIMES NEWS AKHNOOR: Aam Aadmi Party Jammu wing held a meeting at main Bazaar Jourian of Sub-Division Akhnoor, on Sunday in which several persons joined AAP expressing full faith in the policies and programs of AAP. As per release issued here by AAP, various speakers emphasised upon 4- magic points of Delhi governance- Quality Education in govern- ment schools, quality health care facilities around the streets through Mohalla clin- ics, 200 units free electricity per month round the year and free 20,000 of liters of potable water round the year. Prominent among the youth leaders who joined AAP include Sahil Singh, Rohit Singh, Vishal Singh, Amit Singh and Dhawan etc. The Jammu based leaders who visited Jourian include Ram Singh Chauhan, Amit Langer, Kuldeep Kumar Rao and Manohar Lal Sharma. STATE TIMES NEWS BISHNAH: Jugal Kishore Sharma, BJP Member of Parliament Lok Sabha Jammu Poonch Parliamentary Constituency visited village Chakda in Bishnah Assembly Constituency and attended Karyakarta Sammelan. Jugal while addressing the gathering present at the occa- sion said that its been first time in the history that DDC elections are held in Jammu and Kashmir to empower democracy upto grass root level. These elections estab- lish three tier system of Panchayati Raj and will pro- vide equal share of develop- ment to the common people of Jammu and Kashmir. He while taking a strong note on NC, Congress and PDP said that these parties always remain a badge between the development and common people and were responsible for delay in estab- lishment of democracy to ground level. MP said that common people of Jammu and Kashmir voted for devel- opment of Jammu and Kashmir and liked the ideolo- gy of Party. He said that under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi many projects have been started in Jammu and Kashmir and multiple wel- fare schemes have been launched for the common masses. He along with senior leaders BJP present at the occasion thanked and paid gratitude to the people of Bishnah Constituency for the support in DDC Elections. He also said that from Mandal to Booth Level Workers and all workers are the backbone of party and they worked hard to take their party at extreme heights. Raj Kumari along with her followers and many youths of Bishnah also joined Bharatiya Janata Party at the occasion. DDC Member Dharminder Kumar, Senior BJP Leaders Chander Mohan Sharma, Narayan Dutt, Satish To Pant, General Secretary Inderjeet Sharma, Raj Singh, Rakesh Powal, Bishan Choudhary, Rajeev Sharma, Harsh Sharma, Surjeet Singh Ex-Sarpanch, Gagan Bhatia, Sahil Gupta, Raghunandan Reyal, Balbir Kour and others also present at the occasion. DISCLAIMER “STATE TIMES” does not take responsibility for the contents of the advertisements (Display/Classified) carried in this newspaper. The paper does not endorse the same. Readers are requested to verify the contents on their own before acting there upon.” STATE TIMES NEWS BISHNAH: Chairman, Nations Development Association (NDA) Sushil Singh Charak distributed Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB-PMJAY) SEHAT Cards to people for the time-bound plan in Chorli, Bishnah under the well known Indian Government of Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB-PMJAY) SEHAT. Sushil Singh Charak Chairman NDA termed this scheme as historic and gave the message of Prime Minister Narendra Modi had on December 26, 2020 launched the PMJAY SEHAT scheme for all J&K residents. A total of 2.1 mil- lion families will be covered under the SEHAT scheme. SEHAT stands for social, endeavour for health, and telemedicine. Sushil Singh Charak said this would transform the way health insurance is distributed across the entire country."So far, under PMJAY people belonging to economically weaker sections of the society who were a part of SECC database were eligible for this scheme. However, under this new PMJAY-SEHAT scheme, all J&K citizens will be eligible for this scheme and can access medical treatment across the country," he added. DDC elections provided equal share of development: Jugal BJP MP Jugal Kishore Sharma along with party workers. NDAdistributes AB-PMJAY SEHAT cards among people Sushil Singh Charak, Chairman NDA handing over SEHAT card to a beneficiary at Bishnah.
Transcript of Manjit seeks 27 pc reservation for OBCs
Monday January 4, 20214 DISTRICTS
STATE TIMES NEWSBHADARWAH: PrimeMinister Narendra Modi andUnion housing and urbanaffairs minister HardeepSingh Puri awarded the 'bestconstruction award' throughvideo conferencing underPradhan Mantri AwasYojana to an elderly coupleresident of Jammu andKashmir's Bhadarwah town.
The awardee was joined byDDC Doda Dr SagarDattaray Doifode, ExecutiveOfficer BMC (BhadarwahMunicipal Committee) Yusaf-Ul-Umar and other officials,at the mini secretariat Doda.
During the video-confer-ence, PM Modi talked aboutthe scheme that started inJune 2015 and the number ofbeneficiaries from poor andmiddle-class urban families.
Out of total 88 beneficiar-ies selected for the best con-struction award from thecountry, three belonged toUT of Jammu and Kashmirincluding one each fromSamba, Ramgarh andBhadarwah.
From Ward 10 of TharraMohalla of Bhadarwah townelected for the award isAbdul Latief Ganai (65),who use to work at a smallcloth shop had a severe slipdisc, due to which heremained bed ridden for 15years and became bankrupt.
"Due my prolonged illness,I have to sell everything I hadand lived in one room withmy wife and two sons," saidAbdul Latief Ganai (65).
While expressing his grati-tude to the Prime Minister,Ganai said that PMAYscheme came as a blessing indisguise for my family as
today we are living in ourown pucca house and alsohave been awarded for thebest construction by thePrime Minister himself.
His 24 years-old sonNadeem Latief, who recentlycompleted his post gradua-tion in history also joined hisfather at Doda during thePrime Minister's video con-ference and felt elated whilehis father's name was beingannounced for the best con-struction award.
"We have seen very diffi-cult times as for years meand my brother use to spendnights with our cousins or
friends place as we have onlyone room, but now we haveour own roof for which we arethankful to the honorablePrime Minister," saidNadeem Latief son of LatiefGanai.
EO Muncipal CommitteeBhadarwah while appreciat-ing the efforts of awardedfamily said that they con-structed the house as perguidelines and today theyhave been awarded for theirhonesty and dedication whichis matter of pride for us aswell.
"I hope all the beneficiarieswill get inspiration fromLatief as in Bhadarwah towna total of 330 homes havebeen sanctioned underPMAY Urban, out of which200 are under constructionand 47 have been alreadycompleted," said Yusaf-Ul-Umar, EO BMC.
Under the EWS(Economically weakerSections) scheme, each bene-ficiary is given a grant of Rs1.66 lakh to build his/herhouse.
Bed-ridden for 15 years, 65 year-old from Bhadarwahbags ‘best house construction’ award under PMAY
Awardee Abdul Latief Ganai along with his family.
STATE TIMES NEWSPOONCH: Poonch Police inthe year 2020 achieved suc-cess on its Anti terror front aswell as against people involvedin smuggling of narcotics withten hideouts have been bustedduring the year 2020 andtwenty four cases have beenregistered under NarcoticsDrugs and PsychotropicSubstances Act in the districtbesides one hundred and ninecases against people involvedin violation of lockdownimposed in wake of CoronaVirus pandemic.
Senior Superintendent ofPolice, Poonch, RameshAngral issued a statementsharing details of success forpolice during the year 2020that ended two days ago.
SSP said that Poonch policeteam headed by territorialsupervisory officers includingAdditional SP Khalid Amin,Deputy SP HeadquartersPoonch, Deputy SP PC(Operations), SDPOMendhar, Deputy SP DAR,
Deputy SP Surankote andDeputy SP Chakan Da Baghand all the SHOs and PolicePost Incharges worked on dif-ferent fronts of policing withimposition of restrictionsunder COVID19 lockdownand action on anti militancyfront were prime.
He informed that a total often militant hideouts havebeen busted during joint oper-ations by police, army andother security forces in 2020with a huge quantity of arms,ammunition and explosiveswere recovered from these andthis include 13 rifles of AKseries, 31 Magazines of AKrifles, 1595 bullets of AKrifles, 12 Pistols, 16 PistolMagazines, 190 Pistol rounds,01 PKM gun, 25 HandGrenades, 03 Wireless Sets,02 Binoculars, 02 AGLgrenades, 05 UBGLgrenades, 01 UBGL gun, 500grams of RDX and 06Chinese Grenades.
SSP said that a major antimilitancy operation was car-
ried out by police and army atChatapani on Mughal Roadon 13 December in which twoPakistani militants were elim-inated whereas one militantassociate was arrested fromthe spot whereas six militantassociates have been arrestedin total in previous year.
He also said that in the lastweek of December last year, amilitancy module have beenbusted in Mendhar whereinthree militant associates havebeen arrested with eightgrenades, two pistols andammunition with these associ-ates were planning to attacksome religious places in thearea.
SSP also said that policealso carried out stern actionover the menace of smugglingof narcotics and drugs withtwenty eight person have beenarrested in twenty four casesand 12.472 KGs of Heroine,60.150 KGs of poppy straw, 4KGs of poppy follower, 334Grams of Charas and 430Tramadol capsules have been
recovered from their posses-sion.
Similarly, police also workedtirelessly in implementation ofCOVID19 lockdown with 107FIRs have been registeredacross the district against 193violators with 152 vehicles and29 shops were seized whereasfine to the tune of 2,25,610rupees have been realisedfrom 988 violators who havebeen fined.
SSP also discussed aboutdozens of PCPG meetingsorganised across the districtbesides numerous sportsevents.
Terming maintenance of lawand order in the district as aprime priority of police, SSPPoonch Ramesh Angral saidthat stern action has beentaken against seven person foranti national and communalremarks on social media plat-forms which were havingpotentially to disturb law andorder but their act waspromptly followed and cogni-sance action was taken.
Year 2020: Poonch Police successfully carriedout multiple anti-terror operations
24 cases under NDPS Act registered across district, 109 against COVID-19 lockdown violators
STATE TIMES NEWSSAMBA: Apni Party onSunday constituted DistrictCommittees of OtherBackward Class (OBC) andSchedule Caste (SC) inSamba district with theapproval from PartyPresident Syed MohammedAltaf Bukhari.
In a statement issued here,Apni Party ProvincialPresident and FormerMinister Manjit Singhannounced the OBC and SCCommittees of Apni Party inSamba district on the recom-mendation of StateCoordinator OBC MadanLal Chalotra and StateCoordinator SC Bodh RajBhagat.
These committees wereconstituted with the consul-tation and approval of PartyPresident Altaf Bukhari.
Bishan Das Verma hasbeen appointed as DistrictPresident OBC of ApniParty in Samba District,Krishan Lal has beenappointed as Vice PresidentOBC, Kewal KrishanPrajapati has been appoint-ed as Secretary OBC, and SSurjeet Singh has also beenappointed as Joint Secretary
OBC.Meanwhile, for Schedule
Caste (SC) District SambaBody, Raj Kumar Bhagathas been appointed asPresident SC Apni Party,Rajiv Kumar has beenappointed as Vice PresidentSC, Sunil Kumar has beenappointed as Secretary SC,Ajit Kumar has beenappointed as Joint SecretarySC and Parshotam Kumaras Joint Secretary SC.
The committees were con-stituted following a meetingchaired by Apni PartyProvincial President ManjitSingh at Vijaypur in whichOBC State CoordinatorMadan Lal Chalotra andState Coordinator of SCBodh Raj Bhagat were alsopresent.
Speaking on the occasion,Former Minister, and
Provincial President, ManjitSingh said that they haveconstituted OBC and SCcommittees so that the neg-lected section of society canbe represented by their ownpeople.
"The OBC has a long pend-ing demand of 27 % reserva-tion in J&K. However, theirissues are not beingaddressed by the Govt. It hasdeprived them of theirrights," said Manjit Singh.
Expressing commitment,he said that "Apni Party willfight for all the peoplewhether farmers or studentsor unemployed youth. We donot do discrimination withanyone. We equally treateveryone in the society."
Congratulating the OBCand SC committee members,the OBC State Coordinator,Madan Lal Chalotra said
that Other Backward Classcommunity has remainedneglected for decades in J&Kand their representativesenjoyed power by keepingtheir community in povertyand unrepresented.
"Time has come when thepeople will have to stand forthemselves and there wouldbe no scope for their furtherexploitation," Chalotra said.
On this occasion, SC StateCoordinator, Bodh RajBhagat said that the SCcommunity has always beentreated as vote bank by theprevious Govts and the polit-ical parties have misled themwith their hollow slogans.
"We have constituted acommittee of SC wing andgiven them space in the partwith a hope that the commu-nity will get their issuesresolved. The Apni Partydoes not discriminate. Westand for unity and integrityof the country as well as ofJ&K," he added.
Saleem Alam, ShankerSingh Chib, Sardeesh Rana,Panch Vijaypur Babli Devi,Bhagat Sain Dass, BharatBushan, Sardar SuchaSingh, among others werepresent on the occasion.
Manjit seeks 27 pc reservation for OBCs
Apni Party Provincial President along with members ofOBC and SC Committees at Samba.
STATE TIMES NEWSUDHAMPUR: An aware-ness camp was organised inBhangra Jageer village ofby President Tariq Shahand members of the NGOJiyo and Jeene Do in whichmany people were informedabout important topicsincluding procedure formaking golden cards. Alongwith this the Informationrelated to PCPNDT Actwas provided.
Giving details of theawareness camp, Shah saidthat our NGO has organ-ised this camp with amotive to make people offar flung areas aware ofvarious government
schemes that are specifical-ly launched for poor peoplebelonging to even far flungareas. We also providedinformation regarding vari-ous government schemessuch as "Beti Bachao, BetiPadhao", Sukanya Yojana,Swachh Bharat, UjjwalaYojana, PradhanmantriAvaas Yojna etc to the peo-ple gathered here.
The camps was organizedat Basantgarh, Lati,Pancheri, Batote and manyother areas. Members ofNGO Ejaz, Ali, Rajesh,Pawan, Santosh Kumariand a large number of localpeople including Sarpanchwere present.
People made aware of Golden Cards
NGO President Tariq Shah educating people during a camp at Udhampur on Sunday.
STATE TIMES NEWSUDHAMPUR: A monthlymeeting of JammuKashmir Teachers' JointAction Committee (JKT-JAC) was held atUdhampur on Sundayunder the chairmanship ofUT President VinodSharma and DistrictPresident Lekh RajParihar. The meeting wasattended by JKTJAC rep-resentatives from all theeleven zones of the district.
While speaking on theoccasion Vinod Sharmaraised the burning issuesof the teachers we which incase include TransferPolicy in favour of teachersappointed under ReTscheme as these teachershave been working in thesame schools for last 20years; inclusion of 5 yearsReT period for senioritybenefits; regularisation ofReTs who have completedtheir 5 years ReT periodand waiting for the samefor a long time as a somecases are pending for lastmore than two years;appointment of ZEOs inheadless zones so that
teachers may not suffer;conversion of left outRRETs to Teachers GradeII/III as they are sufferingdue to non release of theirsalaries.
While speaking on theoccasion Lekh Raj Pariharrequested CEO Udhampurto make provision forrelease of pending MDMdues of Zones Ghordi andUdhampur which theteachers have managedfrom their own pockets andsought the resolution ofTax deduction issue ofZone Ghordi so that teach-ers may not suffer anymore.
Others who also spoke onthe occasion were: SukhdevSingh Sumbria, ShamSharma, Sukesh Khajuria,Ashok Seth, PritamGoswami , Chain Singh,Ravinder Singh Rathore ,Bhushan Khajuria,Shamsher Singh, AnilSharma, Sham Singh,Viney Sharma , DharuvSingh , Vipin Sharma,Maan Chand Khajuria,Pankaj Singh, BharatBhushan Singh, PumaChand and others.
JKTJAC raises burningissues of teachers
STATE TIMES NEWSKATHUA: DistrictGurdwara ParbandhakCommittee Kathua organizedNagar Kirtan and ArambhSri Akhand Path Sahib onSunday on the holy auspiciousoccasion of the Parkash Utsavof Shri Guru Gobind Singhwhich will be held on Sunday,5th of January 2021 (districtlevel) in district Gurdwara SriGuru Singh Sabha Kathua(J&K).
In the Nagar Kirtan variousbands and children were par-ticipated in the procession.
The main attraction of theNagar Kirtan was GatkaJattha from Amritsar whichexhibited the exclusive warfaretechniques of sikh religion.Fruits, tea and sweets wereserved to the participants ofNagar Kirtan.
The Nagar Kirtan passedthrough Mukharjee Chownk,Parliwand, Bhagat SinghChownk, Sawan ChakGurdwara and ShaheediChownk. Langar was alsoorganized by the Gurdwaracommittee of Sawan Chak.Hundreds of people from all
walks of life participated inNagar Kirtan.
S. Charanjit Singh (Distt.President), S. Kuldeep Singh(Secretary), S. Navjot Singh(Gen. Secretary), S. DaljeetSingh (Advisor), S. AmrikSingh (Cashier), S. P.P Singh(manager) were also presentin the Nagar Kirtan.
While speaking on the occa-sion District PresidentGurdwara ParbandhakCommittee, S. CharanjitSingh said that the main func-tion will be held on 5th ofJanuary, 2021 in which BhogSri Akhand Path Sahib,Shabad Kirtan & Lectures willbe recited by the renownedJathas from Punjab and otherplaces. He further said thateminent Parcharaks willthrow light on the life andachievements of Shri GuruGobind Singh Ji Maharaj. Healso thanked the traffic police,PDD, PHE, Department ofhealth and District adminis-tration kathua for their coop-eration.
Nagar Kirtan taken out in Kathua
Sikh youth displaying martial arts during Nagar Kirtan.
STATE TIMES NEWSRAMBAN: Hundreds ofvehicles remained strandedat several places due to sus-pension of traffic on 270Km Jammu-SrinagarNHW-44 after heavy snow-fall and accumulation ofsnow at both sides ofJawahar Tunnel in Banihalarea of Ramban.
According to Trafficpolice, the vehicular move-ment was stopped in view ofslippery conditions andaccumulation of snowaround Jawahar Tunnel.
According to advisoryfrom Traffic headquarters,"No vehicular movementshall be allowed traffic onJ a m m u - S r i n a g a rHighway(NHW-44) fromJammu towards Srinagarand vice versa onMonday(04/01/2021).
DySP Traffic RambanParul Bhardwaj said thathighway is blocked due
snowfall and shootingstones at several places. Therestoration work will bestarted only after improve-ment in weather."Possibilities of highwayrestoration by today is veryless."
He appealed people toavoid journey on Jammu-Srinagar National Highwaytill get confirmation of it'sstatus from control rooms.
He informed that morethan 800 Vehicles including
HMVS and LMVs arestranded at Chanderkote,Ramban and Banihal .Beside hundreds of vehicleshas been stopped at Nagrotaand Udhampur areas aswell.
Meanwhile, stranded pas-sengers alleged that they aresuffering since last night asauthorities are not allowingthem from Jawahar Tunneltowards their destinations.
They said that Trafficauthorities allowed them
from Banihal but has beenstopped at Jawahar Tunnel.
They said that earlierauthorities allowed trafficthrough newly constructedfour-lanning TunnelNowgaam but now they arenot allowing them with theexcuse that Tunnel is notofficially inaugurated.
Stranded passengers aredemanding that they shouldbe allowed from new Tunneltill traffic through JT notrestored.
Jammu-Srinagar NH closed for traffic after heavysnowfall at Jawahar Tunnel, people suffering
Vehicles stranded on NH near Ramban after NH closed. (Pics by Raja Rehber Jamal)
Many join AAP STATE TIMES NEWS
AKHNOOR: Aam AadmiParty Jammu wing held ameeting at main BazaarJourian of Sub-DivisionAkhnoor, on Sunday inwhich several persons joinedAAP expressing full faith inthe policies and programs ofAAP.
As per release issued hereby AAP, various speakersemphasised upon 4- magicpoints of Delhi governance-Quality Education in govern-ment schools, quality healthcare facilities around thestreets through Mohalla clin-ics, 200 units free electricityper month round the yearand free 20,000 of liters ofpotable water round the year.
Prominent among theyouth leaders who joinedAAP include Sahil Singh,Rohit Singh, Vishal Singh,Amit Singh and Dhawan etc.The Jammu based leaderswho visited Jourian includeRam Singh Chauhan, AmitLanger, Kuldeep Kumar Raoand Manohar Lal Sharma.
STATE TIMES NEWSBISHNAH: Jugal KishoreSharma, BJP Member ofParliament Lok SabhaJammu PoonchParliamentary Constituencyvisited village Chakda in
Bishnah AssemblyConstituency and attendedKaryakarta Sammelan.
Jugal while addressing thegathering present at the occa-sion said that its been firsttime in the history that DDCelections are held in Jammuand Kashmir to empowerdemocracy upto grass root
level. These elections estab-lish three tier system ofPanchayati Raj and will pro-vide equal share of develop-ment to the common peopleof Jammu and Kashmir.
He while taking a strongnote on NC, Congress andPDP said that these partiesalways remain a badge
between the development andcommon people and wereresponsible for delay in estab-lishment of democracy toground level. MP said thatcommon people of Jammuand Kashmir voted for devel-opment of Jammu andKashmir and liked the ideolo-gy of Party. He said thatunder the leadership of PrimeMinister Narendra Modimany projects have beenstarted in Jammu andKashmir and multiple wel-fare schemes have beenlaunched for the commonmasses. He along with seniorleaders BJP present at theoccasion thanked and paidgratitude to the people ofBishnah Constituency for thesupport in DDC Elections.
He also said that from
Mandal to Booth LevelWorkers and all workers arethe backbone of party andthey worked hard to taketheir party at extremeheights. Raj Kumari alongwith her followers and manyyouths of Bishnah also joinedBharatiya Janata Party atthe occasion.
DDC Member DharminderKumar, Senior BJP LeadersChander Mohan Sharma,Narayan Dutt, Satish ToPant, General SecretaryInderjeet Sharma, Raj Singh,Rakesh Powal, BishanChoudhary, Rajeev Sharma,Harsh Sharma, SurjeetSingh Ex-Sarpanch, GaganBhatia, Sahil Gupta,Raghunandan Reyal, BalbirKour and others also presentat the occasion.
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STATE TIMES NEWSBISHNAH: Chairman,Nations DevelopmentAssociation (NDA) SushilSingh Charak distributedAyushman Bharat PradhanMantri Jan Arogya Yojana(AB-PMJAY) SEHAT Cardsto people for the time-boundplan in Chorli, Bishnah underthe well known IndianGovernment of AyushmanBharat Pradhan Mantri JanArogya Yojana (AB-PMJAY)SEHAT.
Sushil Singh CharakChairman NDA termed thisscheme as historic and gavethe message of PrimeMinister Narendra Modi hadon December 26, 2020launched the PMJAYSEHAT scheme for all J&Kresidents. A total of 2.1 mil-
lion families will be coveredunder the SEHAT scheme.SEHAT stands for social,endeavour for health, andtelemedicine.
Sushil Singh Charak saidthis would transform the wayhealth insurance is distributedacross the entire country."Sofar, under PMJAY people
belonging to economicallyweaker sections of the societywho were a part of SECCdatabase were eligible for thisscheme. However, under thisnew PMJAY-SEHAT scheme,all J&K citizens will be eligiblefor this scheme and can accessmedical treatment across thecountry," he added.
DDC elections provided equal share of development: Jugal
BJP MP Jugal Kishore Sharma along with party workers.
NDA distributes AB-PMJAY SEHAT cards among people
Sushil Singh Charak, Chairman NDA handing over SEHAT card to a beneficiary at Bishnah.
