Peoples Conference today staged a formal protest against the order to ban civilian traffic on Srinagar-Jammu highway for two days a week and said that this is the most despicable, irrational, undemocratic and senseless diktat ever to have been issued in a republic nation governed by the Constitution.
PC candidate for Srinagar Parliament Constituency IrfanAnsari while leading the protests said that by barring the movement of thepeople of the State two days a week, does the State Administration wants toconvey that the fundamental rights are not applicable to the State of J&Kor that the Administration has the power to suspend these rights at its whimand caprice.
“This order, reminiscent of totalitarian and despotic era of governance, is bound to turn into a humanitarian disaster as the school children, employees, people connected with trade and business and people in dire need to travel in order to tend their daily needs of survival would not be able to move.
This restriction will also have a disastrous effect on tourism industry in the State when the tourism season has just begun. Practically, the hustle and bustle of life in the State would be in off-mode for these two days”, he said.