SOS International, MJR, others observe Black Day
Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Oct 22: PoJK displaced people today paid rich tribute to martyrs of the community, who lost their lives during the barbaric attack in 1947 and observed Black Day against the Pakistani raiders who invaded PoJK and destroyed their homes and hearths in Muzaffarabad, Mirpur, Kotli, Bhimber, Deva-Vattala, Chhamb, Poonch, Gilgit-Baltistan and Askardu.
In this connection, SOS. International- organized a function in Bakshi Nagar here where rich tribute were paid to the community martyrs.
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The programme was presided over by Chairman of SOS. International, Rajiv Chuni while prominent people of the displaced community, including J&K BJP president Ravinder Raina participated in the event.
While paying tribute to the PoJK martyrs and recalling the sacrifices made by the community, J&K BJP president, Ravinder Raina said that both BJP and S. O. S. International were working on the same mission of getting PoJK liberated from illegal occupation of Pakistan and realize the most cherished dream of Akhand Bharat.
The BJP president endorsed all demands of the PoJK DPs and said that he would take up their issues before the appropriate Government authorities pressing for positive consideration at the earliest.
In his address, Rajiv Chuni highlighted plight and grievances of the PoJK DPs, who were pushed to the corner by the successive regimes.
Alleging that condition of the PoJK DPs has turned from bad to worse after abrogation of Article 370, Chuni reminded that despite being bonafide citizens of J&K, the community had supported abrogation of Articles 370 and 35 A with the hope that abolition of semi-autonomous status of J&K would pave way for justice to the community.
“Displaced families were expecting that their longstanding demands shall be fulfilled with the abrogation of Article 370, but instead of giving us promised Achche Din, this Government has become completely unaccountable to the long-neglected PoJK displaced community,” he said and added that even the PM Central Assistant Scheme for PoJK DPs was not fully implemented and then suddenly stopped without assigning any reason thus depriving thousands of displaced families from getting the cash assistance.
He urged the Central Government to continue the scheme and cover all the left out families of PoJK DPs in a time bound manner.
To commemorate Shardhanjali Diwas and to pay homage to the 40000+ martyrs of the Tribal raid of October 22 in 1947, MJR47 organised programmes at various places in Jammu province today.
Speakers said the saner men of the areas to save their nation and the honour of their women and children resisted the raiders with whatever arms they had in hand. More than 40000 men women and children sacrificed their lives in fighting and genocide.
More than 41000 families were dislodged from their home and hearth and moved to safer areas of this side of state and were sheltered in refugee camps in Jammu and other states of Union of India.
Prayers were held in all Gurudwara and Hindu Temples in more than 100 camps/bastis of DPs of 1947 all over the Jammu, Samba, Kathua and Udhampur and Rajouri and Poonch districts.
A grand Shardhanjali Diwas program was also held in Nagra Palace, Bas Pur Banglow, RS Pura where more than a thousand DPs participated. A booklet by Dr Preeti Bhagat M.D. , was also released and was distributed among the audience . The book narrated the eye witness account of the agony borne by the displaced persons by a few of the now old aged persons.
National Awami United Party president, Sandeep Singh and general secretary, Manmohan Sudan along with so many refugees community male, female and children paid floral tribute at Refugee Chowk near GMC Jammu who were martyred on this Black Day of October 22 in 1947.
NAUP also remembered the Black Day when our community moved from various parts of Pakistan after the partition of 1947 to the safer places in India but few were very lucky who reached safer but left many more who were martyred there even in front of their families and relatives.
Meanwhile, former Deputy CM, Kavinder Gupta also paid glowing tribute martyrs of 1947 while speaking at a programme Ek Diya Shaheedon Ka Naam.
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