The Uttarakhand Rajya Nirman Andolankari Samman Parishad vice chairman Dhirendra Pratap and Disaster Relief Council vice chairman Vijay Saraswat have welcomed the decision of Chief Minister Harish Rawat regarding formation of a three-member high level committee to ensure punishment to those responsible for committing atrocities against activities during the Uttarakhand Statehood movement on October 2, 1994.
On the anniversary of the Rampur intersection firing incident on Thursday, the CM had announced that the State government had formed a three-member committee under the chairmanship of the additional advocate general to make all possible attempt to ensure punishment to those guilty of committing atrocities on Uttarakhand Statehood activists at Rampur intersection in Muzaffarnagar, Mussoorie, Khatima and other places during the Statehood movement.
In a statement released here, Pratap and Saraswat thanked the CM for his decision and said that the people had great expectations from the chief minister as they viewed him as a leader connected to the grassroots level. Pratap said that the announcement made by the CM about holding a cabinet meeting in Dehradun on the 15th foundation day of Uttarakhand for taking major decisions regarding the welfare of Statehood activists is also commendable. Stating that the CM will ensure the welfare of the Statehood activists, Pratap added that the State government is committed to facilitating 10 per cent reservation in government jobs for the dependents of Statehood activists.