Excelsior Correspondent
REASI, Nov 12: As Talwara Migrants, including women and children, staged a day-long here today for relief to them, JKNPP leader Prof Bhim Singh along with several other senior colleagues of the party, joined them extending active support to their demand.
Bhim Singh was accompanied by Anita Thakur, Balwan Singh, Bashir Ahmad, president Talwara Migrant Action Committee, Jagdev Singh and others.
While addressing dharna, the migrant speakers strongly condemned the Government for treating them as slaves and c-class citizens. The members of the Talwara Migrant Action Committee appealed Bhim Singh to get them justice which has been denied to them only because they are from Jammu.
In a memorandum submitted to Prof Bhim Singh, they wanted to know why only Rs 400 for Jammu migrant and Rs 2500 for Kashmir migrant; Rs 1600 per family for Jammu migrant and Rs 10,000 for Kashmiri Migrant family. “There are all facilities for Kashmiri Migrants including free education, free medical treatment, free ration etc where as Jammu migrants have been deprived of all such facilities,” they lamented.
In his address, Prof Bhim Singh warned State as well as Central Governments of serious consequences if Jammu migrants are not given relief according to the judgment of the Supreme Court dated July 13, 2006. “The SC has ordered both the Governments to provide the relief to all Jammu migrants at par with Kashmiri migrants. Besides the Court has directed the Governments to pay entire arrears of Rs 21 crores to the Jammu migrants who had not been, admittedly, paid from 2004 to 2006,” he added.
Prof Bhim Singh warned that all the migrants with their children and families shall march from Jammu to Delhi to protest outside the residence of the Prime Minister in Delhi. He served an ultimatum to the Government to give justice before December 15 or face the consequences.
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