Jammu, Th. Gulchain Singh Charak, President, Dogra Sadar Sabha, Jammu
and Kashmir and former Minister has called upon the Central Government as
well as the UT Government to actively involve the civil society at all levels,
including at the grassroots levels, in helping the concerned to effectively
counter the nefarious anti-India designs of Pakistan.
In a press conference organized by the DSS at its headquarter, Shri Charak
reiterated that the Government of Pakistan, ISI and its other sponsored
agencies, after failing in all their attempts to weaken the country by attempting
regional, communal and social divide, particularly in the Kashmir division of J&K and the neighbouring state of Punjab, have started targeting the people of
Jammu division with a greater vengeance. He said that by resorting to selective killings, repeated intrusions by Pakistani drones for surveillance and dropping of arms, ammunitions and other incriminating material, besides smuggling of drugs and ammunitions into our territory through underground tunnels and other means by the terrorists, spies and other agents, the almost bankrupt Pakistan is trying to communalize and vitiate the peaceful atmosphere in this part of Jammu and Kashmir.
Shri Charak said that the chivalrous people of Jammu division (Dogras) have
always stood united as a rock, irrespective of religion and region, and thwarted
all the evil designs of Pakistan in the past and they will continue to do so with
full might in future also. He asserted that the current desperate actions of
Pakistan and Pakistan sponsored terrorists as well, will not be able to deter the
people of different regions and religions of Jammu and Kashmir, in any case,
from the path of communal amity, brotherly co-existence, progress and national integration.
Shri Charak was referring to the recent dastardly, barbaric and shocking killing
of six persons including children and young boys, besides serious injuries to
several others on January 1 & 2 at village Dhangri in Rajouri district. During the Press Conference, he also referred to the encounter near Tawi Bridge, Sidhra on December 28, in which 4 terrorists were killed by security forces and reports of Pakistani spies and agents who keep on attempting to cross over to this side of the international border and LoC.
Shri Charak appealed to the misguided persons indulging in the violent inhuman acts to understand the message of humanity and give up the path of violence as these brutal acts are totally against the tenets of true religion. In this endeavour, he urged upon the Union Government headed by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi and the Union Territory headed by Shri Manoj Sinha to involve the cross-section of civil society including veteran defence personnel and religious, political and social leaders from amongst the local population to help in completely pulling out J&K from the pangs of terrorism which is costing precious lives day in and day out. He stressed that the duly involved civil society in Jammu division, who are ever ready to play a very effective role in making the people aware about evil designs of Pakistan and its agencies to create regional and communal divide through false propaganda, selective violence, proliferation of harmful drugs and incriminating material, can also disseminate the message of communal amity, national integration and effectively counter false propaganda of Pakistan.
Shri Charak made a special appeal to all citizens particularly the school, college and university going boys and girls, their parents, teachers and religious preachers, to be vigilant so that the innocent children do not fall prey to the drugs and enemy propaganda and protect their future from getting spoiled through these vices.
Hailing the decision of the UT government to revive and revitalize the Village
Defence Committees (VDCs) in the wake of incidents at Rajouri, Shri Charak said that it is the responsibility of the government to ensure foolproof security of each and every law abiding and common citizen. At the same time, he
emphasized that the unrelenting terrorists and their supporters, particularly the foreign terrorists, should be eliminated even before they think of any other
misadventure.
To curb inflow of weapons and ammunition into the Union Territory, Shri
Charak made an impassioned appeal to the government to intensify vigil along
the borders and at the entry points and seal these effectively while gearing up
the intelligence network all over. He also demanded full scan of the trucks and
other vehicles for any concealed weapons and explosives.
Those present in the press conference included Prem Sagar Gupta, Gen.
Secretary, Gambhir Dev Singh Charak, I/C Youth wing, Amanat Ali Shah,
Secretary, Chander Mohan Sharma, Secy. Media cell, and Pawan Sharma, Youth wing Jammu City
