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First Jmu bandh after Art 370 abrogation affects normal life

YB WEB DESK. Dated: 9/23/2021 6:28:25 AM

SHUBAM GUPTA Jammu, Sep 22 A Jammu bandh call given by the Jammu Chamber of Commerce and Industries (JCCI) evoked a massive response impacting normal life across the Jammu region on Wednesday. Officials said the strike, which received widespread support from almost all opposition political parties and social groups, was peaceful and no untoward incident was reported from anywhere. Work in the courts was affected by the strike, which was also supported by the Jammu chapter of the Jammu and Kashmir High Court Bar Association. There was silence in the main markets of the city as business establishments including shops and retail chemist shops were closed, while there was little movement of public and private transport. Protests and rallies at various places by traders and workers of the National Panthers Party (NPP) in the city marked the strike, which was the first of its kind in Jammu province after the abrogation of Article 370. “This government is deaf and dumb and has miserably failed to fulfill its responsibility of protecting the interests of traders. They (Reliance Retail) are claiming that they are not opening stores, but the ground situation is different,” a shopkeeper said amid sloganeering against opening of Reliance Retail stores and alleged discrimination against Jammu. Another group of traders led by Traders Federation Warehouse President Deepak Gupta protested at Nehru Market, while Chemists Association led by General Secretary Prem Sharma also took to the streets near the exhibition grounds, calling Reliance Retail's statement an "eye". . Wash off". “We are concerned about 50,000 small shopkeepers who will become jobless when Reliance opens retail stores. We will not tolerate any decision which we feel is against the interests of the Jammu business community.