Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU/DELHI, Feb 22: Different programmes were held in Jammu and Delhi as part of the observation of Sankalp Diwas to respect a resolution of the Indian Parliament passed on this day back in 1994, press statements read.
The 1994 resolution of the Indian Parliament said: “the State of Jammu and Kashmir has been, is, and shall remain an integral part of India and any attempts to separate it from the rest of the country will be resisted by all means”.
PoJK Visthapit Sewa Samiti organised various programmes beginning February 21 to observe the Sankalp Divas in Jammu.
A press statement said that a Sankalp Sabha was organised by Dr Deepak Kapoor, Chairman Shri Gita Mandir Simriti Bhawan, at Gita Mandir, Bakshi Nagar, Jammu on February 21 and a programme was organised by Arun Chowdhary (PoJK Vishthapit Sewa Samiti), at Master Devi Chand Municipal Park, Kotli Colony, Rehari Jammu, today.
Addressing the programme, Chowdhary said, “PoJK is an integral part of India and is our Matribhoomi and we’re determined to go back to our motherland.”
He appealed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah to take back PoJK as soon as possible so that the Displaced Persons could return to their motherland.
Those who participated in the programme today included Arun Khanna, Veenu Khanna, Usha Chowdhary, Sukriti Chowdhary, Ramesh Gupta, Ashok Gupta and others.
Similar event was organised by the Samiti at Jat Sabha, RS Pura under the leadership of Devinder Sharma.
Meanwhile, Jammu Kashmir People’s Forum (JKPM), Delhi in collaboration with Mirpur Balidan Bhawan Samity, New Delhi, also observed this day as Sanklap Divas at the auditorium of Saraswati Bal Mandir, Rajouri Garden, New Delhi, on Wednesday.
As per a statement, the event was organised by various individuals and attended by displaced families from Mirpur, Bhimber, Kotli, Poonch and other areas now under the illegal occupation of Pakistan.
The speakers at the event emphasized that J&K, including the area illegally occupied by Pakistan (PoJK), is an integral part of India and shall always remain so.
“Pakistan should immediately vacate the PoJK area,” they said.
They further stated that any attempt to separate Jammu and Kashmir from rest of India shall be resisted by all means by the DPs.
The speakers claimed that the displaced persons, particularly Hindus and Sikhs from PoJK in 1947, are the real stakeholders of the area. “The Displaced persons had to leave behind all their movable and immovable properties and settle in Jammu and other parts of the country as they faced atrocities and violence in now PoJK,” they said.
They said that post abrogation of Article 370, the DPs settled outside Jammu were also recognised as the citizens of the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir as they have been granted Domicile Certificates by the J&K Government.
The event was presided over by Brij Lal, Rajya Sabha member and former DGP, Uttar Pradesh while Union MoS in PMO, Dr Jitendra Singh was the Chief Guest.
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