Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Sept 7: Adhivakta Parishad J&K, a body of nationalist Advocates, organized a discussion on “ Role of Village Defence Committees in tackling the terrorism and stopping migration of minorities in Jammu province and the ways and means to strengthen the VDCs” at High Court Complex Jammu.
About 35 advocates of J&K Bar Association Jammu participated in the discussion and elicited their views in detail on the said topic. Advocate Raghu Mehta, president of Adhivakta Parishad, chaired the session.
The speakers opined that the voice of disbanding of VDCs was being raised by the separatists, anti-national elements and so called self styled human right organizations. They vehemently opposed the idea of disbanding VDCs on the ground that there would be revival of militancy if such a nod is given by the State Government. Hindus living in minorities in the Chenab Valley and Poonch and Rajouri districts would be sitting ducks without any self defence and massacres can be witnessed again like in the past in two decades, they feared.
The Parishad unanimously resolved to strengthen the existing VDCs by providing respectable honorarium of Rs 10000/- per month to the VDCs members and their regularization in the police or para military forces in a time bound manner. They may also be provided sophisticated weapons for their self protection and for the protection of villages, which are situated at far off places, the speakers suggested.
Warning the State Government against any move to disband the VDCs under the pressure of separatists and anti-national forces, the Parishad said that any move to this effect would lead to a massive agitation in Jammu province.
The participants in the discussion included Advocates Ved Bushan Gupta, N P Kotwal, S S Nanda, Ashok Beotra, K S Charak and young advocates Rajesh Thappa, Rohan Nanda, Munish Chopra, Prem Sadotra, Rahul Raina, R R Bhat, Manohar Anthal and Diwaker Sharma.
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