Excelsior Correspondent
Akhnoor, Nov 18: Veteran Congress leader and former MP Madan Lal Sharma while addressing a series of public meetings at Malley, Jadh Sardara, Peeri and Tarai in Akhnoor Assembly constituency said that BJP Government at the Centre is not serious on resolving the long pending issues of refugees .
He said that by returning the State Government’s proposal they have made their intention clear. While supporting the citizen ship status to West Pak refugees Mr. Sharma said that the State Coalition partner was not in favour of that and said that if Congress led Government is formed in Jammu & Kashmir they will grant State Subjects to West Pak refugees.
Criticizing the Centre’s decision of returning package for other categories of refugees and other displaced persons he said that not grant of Citizenship to West Pak refugees is not the pretext of denying package to other categories of Refugees . He demanded early roll back of Centre’s decision and demanded a full fledged package for refugees.
Ex-MP said that during his tenure as Works Minister of the State he has ensured equal allocation of funds to Jammu & Kashmir region similarly, Sham Lal Sharma PHE Minister has taken Akhnoor towards a model and best constituency of the State and before me and Sham Lal Sharma nothing was done in Akhnoor. He appealed the people to vote for Sham Lal and send him in the State Cabinet to complete the pending works.
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