Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Sept 1: Demanding their absorption in various Government departments in Jammu, Kashmiri Pandit employees who fled from Kashmir valley due to the alleged stone pelting by mobs on their transit camps, today blocked road and burnt an effigy of the State Government.
As their protest entered the 51th day today, more than 1600 Kashmiri Pandit employees blocked the Talab Tillo road for several hours and raised slogans against the Government, alleging that it was not serious about their plight.
Accusing the Government of “step-motherly treatment” towards them, the protesters demanded adjustment to package employees in Jammu till a comprehensive plan for their return and rehabilitation was framed.
“Not a single official from the Government has visited the protest site to talk to us. We are being given the step-motherly treatment,” chairman of the All Parties Migrant Coordination Committee (APMCC) Vinod Pandit said.
Pandit said the situation in Kashmir was “not conducive” for the return of the employees and “they have decided to return only when the entire community is rehabilitated in the Valley”.
More than 1600 Kashmiri Pandit employees who were working in various Government departments under the Prime Minister’s rehabilitation package in the Kashmir valley returned to Jammu after their transit camps were allegedly attacked by stone pelting mob after the killing of Hizbul Mujahideen commander Burhan Wani on July 8.
Follow our WhatsApp channel