Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, June 15: Senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and former Deputy Chief Minister, Kavinder Gupta has raised serious concern over the callous attitude of the administration for harassing the West Pak refugees in the name of State Subject certificate and sought immediate intervention of Lt Governor, Manoj Sinha in the matter.
He appealed the LG to direct the authorities concerned to stop harassing these refugees in the name of State Subject certificate and provide them the benefits under the Laadli Beti Scheme.
In a statement issued to media here, today, the senior BJP leader said that he has been consistently receiving complaints from West Pak refugees that they are being deprived of the benefits under the Laadli Beti Scheme as the concerned authorities are asking them to submit their State Subject certificate along with the other requisite documents failing which they would not be eligible for the benefits under the scheme.
Kavinder Gupta asserted that after the abrogation of Article 370 people like West Pak refugees, Safai Karamcharis, Gorkhas and many others, who were deprived of equal rights earlier by the successive governments, have now been placed on a leveling platform along with the other people enjoying full rights. He added that this has been possible only due to the relentless efforts of the BJP led Government at the Centre that finally brought the deprived categories at par with other citizens of the country and it is really an irony that these people still continue to be deprived of the rights by certain disgruntled elements in the administration.
The former Deputy Chief Minister appealed to the Lt Governor, Manoj Sinha to take serious note of the sufferings of the West Pak refugees in this regard and direct the authorities concerned to stop harassing them in the name of State Subject certificate and provide them the benefit of Laadli Beti Scheme at par with other citizens of J&K.
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