Social, trade organisations extend support to 'Jammu Bandh'

Various political, social and trade organisations have extended support to one-day 'Jammu bandh' against the setting up of AIIMS in Kashmir instead of Jammu.
The J-K Motor Transport Companies Association Jammu and Shalimar Traders Association today extended their support to the bandh.
"We extend our full support to the one-day Jammu bandh call given the Jammu Chambers of Commerce and Industry (JCCI) against the shifting of AIIMS sanctioned for Jammu to Srinagar," said a statement issued by these organisations.
The JCCI yesterday called for a bandh on April 24 to protest against the shifting of AIIMS to the Kashmir Valley.

"We have announced a Jammu wide Bandh on April 24 against the failure of the government to grant AIIMS to Jammu. We feel discriminated here," JCCI president Rakesh Gupta told reporters.
The state unit of NCP and Kranti Dal too have extended their support to the bandh call.

"We extend our complete support to the bandh call given by JCCI against the shifting of AIIMS," a Kranti Dal spokesman said.
The state unit of Congress too has extended "full support" to the bandh call and urged people to support and make it a grand success.
In a statement, PCC chief spokesman Ravinder Sharma appealed to the people to observe a complete and peaceful bandh tomorrow to lodge protest over denial of AIIMS to Jammu region.

"The call for bandh has been given after the Centre and state government failed to respond to peaceful protests by the Congress party, people of different walks and civil society, over a month and a half," Sharma said.
Former President of the JCCI Y V Sharma accused the BJP leadership of making a "u-turn" on the issue of setting up of AIIMS here.
"The bandh call for tomorrow is the outcome of the u-turn approach of senior BJP leaders on the issue of AIIMS in Jammu," Sharma claimed.