Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, Aug 16: Non-Migrant Kashmiri Pandits today said that they will be forced to go on fast-unto-death if their issues are not taken seriously and are not resolved within the stipulated time, adding that the bureaucracy has made their lives worse.
The protesters who reached the Press Enclave were joined by Sanjay Tickoo, President Kashmiri Pandit Sangarsh Samiti (KPSS).
He said that the protest is a message for every officer, agency who takes our pleas non-seriously with a further warning that if our grievances mentioned in our memorandum dated 12.08.2020 are not addressed within already given stipulated time, KPSS will be forced to go for “fast-unto-death”.
They are demanding extension of PM’s Job Package and apportionment of 500 posts / one job per family criteria for 808 Non-Migrant Kashmiri Pandit / Kashmiri Hindu families, which has been already approved by the Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India.
‘Accommodation should be provided to all deserving Non-Migrant Kashmiri Pandit – Kashmiri Hindu families, which has already been directed by MHA to the then State Government,” Tickoo said.
“Extension/providing of necessary financial assistance to the 808 Non-Migrant Kashmiri Pandit / Kashmiri Hindu families living in Kashmir Valley; and protection, preservation, and restoration of temples and other religious institutions belonging to the religious minority in Kashmir Valley-as per High Court directions,” they said.
They said that since August 5 last year, the Kashmir Pandits are the worst sufferers of the vacuum that has been created.
They said that the left out Kashmiri Pandit / Kashmiri Hindu families are made to suffer even after clear recommendations from the Central Government and directions from the High Court.
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