Excelsior Correspondent
RS PURA, Nov 25: Former Minister and Congress candidate for Suchetgarh constituency, RS Chib today lambasted BJP and PDP for delaying settlement of refugees’ package.
While conducting door to door campaign in Batyal Kadian and Mokhe, Chib said that BJP has a history of confusing the issue by taking in different shades at the same time. He said that the package for one time settlement of refugees was prepared during the tenure of Gulam Nabi Azad but it was delayed due to PDP.
He also lambasted the BJP-led Central Government for trying to sabotage the rehabilitation proposal of the displaced community, submitted by the State Government. He alleged that the BJP Government did not want to help the PoK refugee people by making excuses on the name of West Pakistani refugees.
“Delaying the rehabilitation proposal of PoK displaced persons because of the issue of West Pakistani refugees is just like denying employment to a new recruit on the plea that he would be allowed to join only after other unemployed are also accommodated,” he said.
Questioning the BJP’s stand on the issue, the former Minister said that the party which claimed to have always advocated for the cause of rehabilitation of the displaced persons, was now sabotaging the proposed rehabilitation of the community, which has been suffering for the last sixty years. He said that Congress still stands by to settle the issues of refugees.
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