Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, July 31: Terming Modi Government’s decision to grant domicile, voting, and now land ownership rights on Government land to the West Pak Refugees (WPRs) and 1965 displaced persons at par with the 1947 and 1971 displaced persons, Dr. Narinder Singh Raina BJP national secretary said that these communities suffered decades of grave injustice at the hands of the Congress party. Congress, along with NC and PDP endlessly denied them the basic rights of democracy, he said. This injustice has now ended under the strong decisive leadership of Prime Minister, Narendra Modi.
Dr. Narinder Singh accompanied by Media Incharge BJP, Dr. Pardeep Mahotra, senior leader, Manmohan Singh (WPR leader), Swachh Bharat Abhiyan, co-incharge TK Sharma (PoJK leader) was addressing a press conference here, today.
Dr. Narinder Singh said that the victim population from West Pakistan became refugees in Jammu & Kashmir in 1947 during partition. They were deprived of the important rights like to vote or contest in Assembly or Panchayat or Local Bodies; to purchase land and their children could not take admission in professional colleges. Prime Minister, Narendra Modi abrogated the Article 370 and 35(a) on August 5 in 2019 and gave voting and domicile rights to the WPRs, after which their wards could take admission in the professional colleges and also get the Government jobs.
After the welcome decision of 5 August 2019, which gave rights to the neglected and the oppressed communities, under the supervision of PM Modi, the LG Manoj Sinha led UT Administrative Council took the historic decision to provide land ownership rights on the Government lands to the WPRs. BJP expressed gratitude to Modi, LG, Manoj Sinha and Administrative Council for doing away with the injustice that prevailed for over 75 years.
With the recent decision of granting ownership rights to the WPRs, all the categories of the refugees have been delivered justice, which is a big victory for them. Now, under the Modi Government, since 2019, the 10,065 migrated families from Chhamb (PoJK) in 65 & 71 war with Pakistan, WPRs and DPs of 1947 from PoJK have received the land ownership rights on Government land at par, he said.
He said majority of WPRs belong to the oppressed communities, which received their rights under the Modi Government. It is a gift from the Modi Government to the WPRs, who had been agitating for decades together for even basic rights.
Besides, Valmikis, Gorkhas and other communities also got the rights under the Modi Government. He said that the ‘Abadi Deh’ basties have been regularized. Now these all communities will be able to receive the benefits of public welfare schemes and polices like Kissan Samman Nidhi, PMAY etc.
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