Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Mar 30: The displaced persons from Pakistan occupied Jammu and Kashmir (PoJK) today held protest demonstration near Press Club of Jammu here today.
Led by Capt (Retd) Yudhvir Singh Chib, president PoJK DPs Front -1947, 1965, 1971 and Non- Camp 1971, a large number of members of the Front assembled near Press Club of Jammu during the day and held massive protest demonstration. They were shouting slogans against the State Administration, Relief and Rehabilitation department and also in support of their demands.
They pointed out that displaced persons were provided Rs 2000 crore relief package by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi but the identification/ distribution process was very slow. The left out nearly 30 % families are facing hardships and moving from pillar to post but they have been still deprived of the package to the tune of Rs 5.50 lakhs.
Capt Chib demanded that 12 Assembly seats be reserved for the displaced persons from PoJK, Backward Class status be given to the DPs of PoJK, wards of DPs be given reservation in employment and educational/ technical institutions, Identity cards be issued to all the DPs, Development Board for the welfare of PoJK DPs be constituted, ownership rights be given to the Camp DPs of 1965-71, JPC Report on relief of Rs 30 lakhs to each family/ jabs to wards should be implemented, Delimitation exercise be completed before Assembly elections. He also demanded pending amount of Rs 24.50 lakhs for each DP families.
Prominent among those who accompanied Capt Chib included, JP Sharma, RP Singh, Kulbir Singh, Kuldip Singh Chib, Sakandya Devi, Sukhjinder Singh, Capt Sudesh Chib, Master Kehar Singh, Thoru Ram Chib, Raj Kumar Verma, Pritma Kumari, Gagan Singh and others.
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