Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Feb 16: Former Minister and Working President of Jammu and Kashmir Pradesh Congress Committee Raman Bhalla on Thursday said that refugees from Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) are the worst victims of the deceitful tactics of the BJP.
Addressing a function organized by Sardar Rajinder Singh, Chairman Minority Department of JKPCC, Raman Bhalla regretted that except for promises nothing concrete has been done to solve the problems of refugees.
He regretted that since the 2014, BJP-led Government at the Centre is brazenly ditching the helpless refugees in one way or another.
“ Instead of addressing long pending just and genuine demands of the refugees, the present Government has adopted a ‘callous approach’ on this issue human issue”, said Bhalla.
The Congress Working President recalled that former Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh had announced a comprehensive package for refugees of PoK.
He reminded that it was Dr. Manmohan Singh who had unfolded a comprehensive rehabilitation package for the Kashmiri migrants and refugees, including those from Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir.
The former Minister further said that during the previous regime in J&K in which Congress was a partner, a comprehensive package was forwarded to the Centre for a one-time settlement of all issues of refugees.
“Instead of betraying the helpless refugees in one way or another, the BJP Government at the Centre should implement that package in letter and spirit to solve all problems of the refugees”, he said.
S Baldev Singh Wazir, S Surinder Singh Dutt, S Devinder Singh Bali, S Binod Singh, S Pritam Singh, S Gurdeep Singh Lohari among others also spoke on the occasion.
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