Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Nov 19: A delegation of the Jammu Kashmir Sharnarthi Action Committee (JKSAC) led by its president Gurdev Singh called on the Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti and projected the issues of the displaced community.
The delegation urged upon CM to prepare a comprehensive road map to resolve the legitimate issues of DPs’ of 1947 from PoK taking into account their sufferings. She was also urged upon to impress upon the Central Govt to expedite the process of releasing Rs 2000 crore package announced by the Prime Minister last year.
Gurdev Singh raised all the problems of DPs pertaining to both Central and State Govt and apprised Mehbooba Mufti that though this package is just a peanut as compared to their loss of lives and properties and suffering, they have gone through for the last 70 years, yet this package has acknowledged the legitimacy of their long awaited demands and now it is a morally as well as mandatory on the part of the State Govt to prepare a comprehensive road map to resolve the issue in one go, taking into account the recommendations made by Joint Parliamentary Committee on Home Affairs.
Ms Mufti was also apprised that the DPs are confused as the nature and shape of the package has not been defined by State as well as Central Govt despite a lapse of one year. The most important component of the package for reservation for the wards of DPs recommended by Omar Abdullah Govt as well as JPC is missing. The delegation demanded that left out 5300 families of DPs should also be included in the list.
The refugee leader alleged that Administration is asking DPs to give a declaration that “this is the last / final one time settlement package and no relief shall be claimed in future by my family from the State or Central Govt inspite of the fact that the DPs representatives have very clearly informed the Administration in March 24, 2016 meeting that the DPs in no case are going to give declaration until and unless it is not decided by the Govt that how much quantum of relief they are getting.
They demanded reservation for their wards in State services and technical institutions, reserved seats in Assembly/ Council and package for the left out families.
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