The Congress will be organising protest rallies and demonstrations across the State on Wednesday on the directions of the All India Congress Committee against the demonetisation step and the Goods and Services Tax introduced by the Government of India. As part of this programme in Dehradun, Uttarakhand Pradesh Congress Committee president Pritam Singh will lead a protest rally here on Wednesday.
According to party members, the PCC chief will lead the protest rally which will start at the Congress Bhawan and pass through various localities including the Clock Tower, Paltan Bazaar, Raja Road, Gandhi Road, Darshanlal Chowk and back through the Clock Tower to conclude at the Congress Bhawan.
The PCC chief presided over a meeting to discuss the preparations for the protest rally planned on Wednesday. In the meeting, Singh exhorted all the party workers to participate in the protest demonstrations planned by the party.
He said that the steps like demonetisation and implementation of the Goods and Services Tax have led to serious problems for the common people who have not yet been able to recuperate from the effects of these two decisions taken by the Government of India.
Providing this information, the PCC chief spokesman Mathura Datt Joshi said that concern was expressed in the meeting at the apathy of the Central Government towards the problems being faced by the public due to the demonetisation and GST decisions.
The PCC vice-president Shankar Chand Ramola, Suryakant Dhasmana, general secretary Navin Joshi, chief programme coordinator Rajendra Shah, leader of opposition in the municipal corporation of Dehradun, Neenu Sehgal and other party leaders were also among those who attended the meeting held here on Tuesday.