Rajouri: Ghulam Nabi Azad’s Democratic Progressive Azad Party (DPAP) staged a protest on Tuesday, raising concerns over ration curtailment, price hikes, property tax, and water and electricity shortages in Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri District.
The protest was led by General Secretary R.S Chib with DPAP workers expressing their dissatisfaction over the reduction in ration supply, the escalating cost of essential commodities, increasing unemployment, and the shortages electricity and clean water supply in Jammu Kashmir.
“The authorities have cut down on monthly ration quotas, kerosene oil supply has vanished, and price hikes and unemployment have reached alarming levels,” Chib said.
The protesters demanded the restoration of the monthly ration quota, the rollback of property tax, and other decisions they deemed “anti-people.”
Following the protest rally, DPAP leaders submitted a memorandum of their demands to Deputy Commissioner Rajouri, Vikas Kundal.