Govt should take more proactive measures to tackle COVID: KPC

Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, May 8: Kashmiri Pandit Conference (KPC) expressed grave concern over the sharp surge in COVID-19 cases and deaths in J&K, Delhi and other places and demanded more steps to be taken by the Center and UT Governments to tackle the situation and special focus to be give to protect the resource less and poor people from the pandemic.
While inviting attention towards the plight of displaced community of Kashmiri Pandits, Kundan Kashmiri and Tej Pandita president and general secretary of KPC respectively said there are huge section of KP families who are totally resource-less, need urgent help and assistance at this crucial time especially the jobless youth . They demanded special focus and financial assistance to COVID affected poor and resource less displaced KP families and others.
KPC leaders also castigated over the double standard Kashmiri leaders which include NC and PDP presidents, Dr Farooq Abdullah, Mehbooba Mufti and others for demanding cancellation of recent termination orders of three Government employees of Kashmir Valley who were indulging in pro–terror and anti–national activities and also demanded the release of all the political prisoners under the plea of ongoing pandemic.
Kundan Kashmiri, questioned these leaders over their irrelevant and illogical demands and termed the action of J&K Government appropriate in order to wipe-out such virus from the system.
He advised these leaders not to live in fools’ paradise and leave such a mindset which is not in the interest of the nation in general and J&K in particular.
Kundan Kashmiri demanded that LG Government should take serious note of it and action against those who oppose this tough stand of Government against the terror friendly employees and deep probe to be made to find out such more elements who have managed to enter into the system for anti–national activities and were responsible for fanning the sedition, separatism, indulged in anti-national propaganda and glorified terrorism through their posts.etc.
Other KPC leaders MK Raina, Dr.H L Saraf, Susheel Ji Bhat, RL Raina endorsed the demand.