RLJP for bringing PM package employees posted in Valley under transfer policy

Senior leaders of RLJP during a media briefing at Press Club Jammu on Wednesday. —Excelsior/Rakesh
Senior leaders of RLJP during a media briefing at Press Club Jammu on Wednesday. —Excelsior/Rakesh

Excelsior Correspondent

JAMMU, Aug 3: Rashtriya Lok Jan Shakti Party (RLJP) today demanded that the Kashmiri Pandits posted in the Valley (under the Prime Minister’s Special Package) be brought under the transfer policy and appealed the Central Government to make a mandatory policy under which every employee of India should spend 2 years in the Valley.
Addressing a press conference at Press Club Jammu, National general secretary of RLJP Sanjay Saraf accompanied by senior party leaders Sanjay Raina, Vimal Manchanda, Preet Kour and others, said that the Kashmiri Pandits appointed under the Prime Minister’s Employment Package should be treated at par with the rest of the employees of the J&K Government.
He said that J&K Government needs to start dialogue process with PM Package employees on strike and address their genuine issues as they Ambassadors of KP community in the Valley. He said if J&K is fully integrated with India, the employees of other states must be posted in Kashmir for 2 years which will help in building mutual relations and coordination.
Demanding that the employees posted in J&K under the Rehbar Jangalaat Scheme be made permanent, Sanjay Saraf said that when these employees were appointed 5 years ago, they were promised that after 5 years they would be made permanent in place of vacant posts. Saraf said that why the Service Selection Board and other recruitment agencies need to advertise these posts now, when the same forest employees can be appointed on these vacant posts as they are well experienced.
On the occasion, Nazir Ahmed Lone, Chak Akhla Kangan Ganderbal nominated as National secretary, Shah Firdous Gujjar, Chhatargul Kangan as State president SC ST, Nazir Ahmad Raina as State general secretary and Raja Kareem Khan as senior vice president of J&K. Besides, Ashiq Hussain Khan was nominated as general secretary for Jammu province.