Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, May 9: The displaced persons from Pak occupied Jammu and Kashmir today took out protest rally from Press Club and held demonstration near Dogra Chowk in support of their demands.
The displaced persons from PoK under the banner of PoJK DPs Front-1947, 65, 71 assembled near Press Club and started protest march towards Dogra Chowk and Tawi bridge, demanding justice for displaced persons from PoJK and other categories.
The members of displaced community led by their leader Capt (Retd) Yudhvir Singh Chib , president, firstly, assembled near Press Club in the morning and started their protest march towards Tawi bridge. They demanded that process of distribution of Rs 2000 crore package announced by Prime Minister be made simple as the displaced families are unable to prepare papers and complete the same for seeking relief amount. They alleged that revenue officials were harassing them and not providing ‘Nakal’ on the plea that they had not old record.
When they reached just near Dogra Chowk, the police contingent surrounded them and stalled their movement ahead. Then they sat on dharna on the busy road and started protest dharna disrupting movement of traffic for some time. They were shouting slogans in support of their demands. The police then intervened and cleared the road.
Later, they moved to Exhibition Ground, where they held rally and several leaders addressed the gathering.
While speaking on the occasion, Capt Chib claimed that this amount of Rs 5.5 lakh being offered by the Govt should not be treated as full and final package as many other components of the package have been ignored. He said that Revenue officials were demanding Ration cards of post 1971 period which most of the non-camp people do not have. They are also demanding other old records which are even not available with the State Revenue and EP Department. Under such circumstances people are unable to prepare papers. The Revenue and EP staff is not cooperating and DPs are facing lot of hardships. It has led to sharp hike in corruption and there is no check at all, Chib said.
He said if the speed of preparing papers remained same, and senior officers remained mute spectators, the DPs will not get relief amount in even next 10 years. He said that Govt is just passing time and a time bound policy be framed for disbursement of relief amount.
The displaced persons including women activists strongly demanded that Govt should provide them justice. They said there was no clarity in PM’s package and all type of displaced persons were still confused. They also demanded enhancement in package announced. They demanded issuance of ALC certificate to DPs and reservation to their wards.
Other DPs leaders Jai Pal Sharma, Kulbir Singh, Sakandya Devi, Rashpal Singh, RK Verma, Ch Sukhjinder Singh, Pawan Slathia and Hari Singh also addressed the gathering.
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