Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, July 5: PoJK DPs Front today took out a protest rally from Press Club Jammu to DC office in support of their long pending demands including their final settlement.
Hundreds of DPs of 1947, 1965, 1971 today gathered in front of Press Club and in a form of rally moved towards DC office through Dogra Chowk, Lala Hans Raj Park and Raghunath Temple. Holding banners and placards in their hands, they were seen raising slogans in support of their demands.
Yudhvir Singh Chib, president of the Front while addressing said that DPs of 1947, 1965 and 1971, who lost everything (movable and immoveable property) during past operations are suffering for last 67 years while the successive Governments both at Centre and State did not pay heed to their demands and always neglected them.
Highlighting their demands including expeditious registration of about 9600 left out families of DPs, ownership rights for landed property, issuance of ALC certificates, 15% reservation to wards of DPs in Educational Institutions, backward status for all DPs, monthly stipend for Non-Camp DPs, payment of ex-gratia relief of DPs of 1971, which is still pending, compensation of Rs 25 lakh per family against their left out property excluding land, reservation of 24 Assembly seats for DPs of PoK and formation of a Board for their development, Chib appealed both Centre and State Government to fulfill their demands without any delay.
He also appealed all the DPs to remain united and keep fighting for their fundamental rights.
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