Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Dec 17: While reacting to the designs of Pakistan viz-a-viz Pak occupied Kashmir, Dogra Sadar Sabha (DSS) today urged upon the Indian Government to launch initiative for the reunion of POJK.
DSS president, Gulchain Singh Charak convened a special meeting of the working committee of DSS core group and think tank to discuss on various recent developments concerning the Dogra region. He appreciated the Central Government for passing the Citizenship Amendments Bill (CAB) and thanked the Home Minister to take notice of the DSS’ earlier request assuring the deporting of about 30,000 Rohngiyas among other ‘infiltrators’, who are a grave security threat to Jammu region and the UT.
Reacting to the news of Pakistan’s wicked design to alter the status of illegally held Indian areas of erstwhile J&K State, the DSS members felt that Govt should react sharply with speed to thwart any such evil designs and fulfill their assurance to reunite PoJK with India as was also resolved by the Parliament. Some members pointed out that PoJK wants to rename their “Azad Jammu & Kashmir Management Group” as “Jammu & Kashmir Administrative Services”, while the erstwhile J&K State Governments in India has obliterated the very existence of Jammu by naming the Administrative services as KAS. DSS strongly demanded that the UT should rename it as JKAS as against Kashmir oriented KAS.
DSS appreciated Govt for honouring the DSS ‘Vision Document’ for considering the operation-ability of UT secretariat simultaneously at Jammu & Srinagar to save Rs 600 cr of avoidable wasteful expenditure annually that could be better utilized for development. There is no logic in moving the secretariat after every six months from Srinagar to Jammu and vice versa to keep up the century old system after improved means of communications and IT facilities at hand, he added.
Welcoming the induction of domicile system in the UT, DSS also demanded an arrangement like Himachal Pradesh where the Domicile condition of 30 years period is imposed for buying residential accommodation land; under Article 371.
Prominent among those present in the meeting included Maj Gen (Retd) Goverdhan Singh Jamwal, Maj Gen (Rtd) Suneeta Kapoor, Prof Anita Billouria, Prof NK Dogra, Brig (Rtd) MS Jamwal, Col Karan Singh, Col Dr Virendra K Sahi, Prem Sagar Gupta, Gambhir Dev Singh Charak, Chhankar Singh, Jagdip Singh, Haji Bashir Malik, RS Manhas and Dr RS Charak.
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