Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Apr 21: Rattan Lal Gupta, provincial president Jammu and Kashmir National Conference (JKNC), Jammu has asserted that NC has always stood for the cause of Kashmiri migrants and shall continue the same for all times to come while Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has only exploited them to the hilt by making hollow promises.
While addressing a meeting of office bearers of Youth Wing of Minority Cell NC held at the Party Headquarter here, today under the chairmanship of Jatin Bhat, president Minority Cell, Youth Wing Rattan Lal Gupta lamented that BJP has exploited Kashmiri Pandits to the hilt just for satiating their vote bank interests.
He said that it is really unfortunate that despite increased cost of living amid sky rocketing prices and peak inflation the cash assistance being paid to the Kashmiri migrants has not been enhanced for the past so many years. He said while DA of the employees was also hiked due to high cost of living, the Kashmiri migrants are unable to meet their ends with the meagre cash assistance and these people are out on roads protesting for relief enhancement and other issues.
He appealed to the Government to immediately announce a reasonable hike in the cash assistance being provided to them.
Rattan Lal Gupta was the chief guest in the meeting which was called to discuss the issues and problems being faced by the Kashmiri Pandit community.
Jatin Bhat, president Minority Cell Youth Wing JKNC highlighted the problems of Kashmiri migrants. The issues discussed and deliberated during the meeting pertained to cash assistance, over aged youth suffering, allotment of shops within the Kashmiri migrant camps and the pitiable condition of quarters besides many other significant issues.
Gupta urged the Government to provide appropriate one time settlement compensation to the over aged Kashmiri Pandit youth. Regarding the KP employees appointed under PM package, Gupta said that it is not justified for the Government to make migrant employees as scapegoats by forcing them to resume their duties in absence of adequate security for them in Valley.
Those who were present in the meeting included Lakhshmi Datta, Ashok Koul, Rattan Lal Mahlla, Harminder Singh, Rajinder Dhar, Varinder Pandita, Umesh Talashi, Veer Ji, Inderjeet, Geeta Ji and others.
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