Sham lambasts BJP Govt for not addressing issue of PoJK refugees

Excelsior Correspondent
AKHNOOR, Nov 15:  Lambasting BJP for its inhuman approach in dealing with the issue of displaced persons of PoJK, senior Congress leader and Minister for PHE, Irrigation & Flood Control, Sham Lal Sharma today said BJP Government in the Centre does not want to help these distressed people and trying to sabotage the rehabilitation proposal submitted by the State Government.
Addressing a huge gathering of people at Jourian, the Minister said that as per his knowledge, the BJP Government in the Centre has raised serious queries on the rehabilitation proposal of 1947, 1965 and 1971 displaced persons, which was sent by the State Government after duly approving it by the Cabinet. The proposal has reportedly been clubbed with the issue of refugees of West Pakistan which is altogether different and cannot be connected with the PoJK as these people are State Subjects of Jammu and Kashmir, he said.
Questioning the BJP’s stand on the issue, the Minister said that the party which always advocated for the cause of rehabilitation of the displaced persons and continue to corner the successive Governments in the State for ignoring the plight of these people, is  clubbing the non-State issue with the proposal of the PoJK displaced persons only  to sabotage the issue. “It indicates the ill intention and non-serious approach of the BJP Government at the Centre. This will have a serious repercussion as lakhs of displaced persons, who are fighting for their just cause, will teach a lesson to the BJP, if they do not get their dues,” warned the Minister.
Saying that the issue of PoJK displaced persons remained hanging in the air for over six decades and it was Congress party, which maintained tremendous pressure on its Coalition partner, National Conference and got the rehabilitation package approved by the State Cabinet for referring the same to the Central Government for sanction, Sham Lal lamented that the issue has not been dealt as per its merit and sensitivity by the BJP.
Sham Lal said the BJP and its leadership are more concerned about achieving Mission 44 plus, but the promises made by it with the people of Jammu and Kashmir before the Parliamentary elections have totally been ignored. “The party is only concentrating on grabbing the power by hook or crook and it has no problem even for joining hands with the separatists to whom they used to criticize all along,” he said adding that this was a very dangerous move, especially for the Jammu people, and needs to be thwarted with full might in the election.
Earlier, the Minister also opened Congress election offices at Bhalwal Brahamana and Jourian in presence of hundreds of workers.

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