Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Dec 9: SOS International, an organization of displaced persons from PoK today organized a protest program on the eve of International Human Rights Day near Tawi Bridge, here.
Rajiv Chuni, chairman of the organization, along with other office bearers and a large number of PoK displaced persons gathered near the statue of Maharaja Hari Singh to observe protest.
While speaking on the occasion, Chuni said that despite observing this day by PoK DPs every year to draw the attention of the world towards their plight; it is quite regrettable that neither State, Central Governments or United Nations that has founded this day, has ever noticed their problems.
“It is very unfortunate that Human Rights of PoK DPs are being violated for the last seven decades and in this big duration of 70 years none of the leaders of any political party has joined hands or stood with us while we observe this day. It seems that they have turned totally hostile to us”, Chuni alleged.
While launching a scathing attack on BJP and a regional party of the State, Chuni said that top leader of Kashmir based regional party has recently made a quite offensive statement like “PoK should be given to Pakistan and this side of Jammu and Kashmir must be retained with India” was damned by BJP and it lodged strong protest over it and said that in the year 1994, Parliament of India unanimously passed a resolution to bring back the territory i.e. Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK) to India from the clutches of Pakistan as it is an integral part of India but the resolution was made to bring only land. Nothing was stated about the victims of PoK who left their homes and hearths during that massacre powered by Pakistani army along with Tribal (Kabalies).
He further said PoK DPs have tolerated a lot since 1947 and it’s their third generation that is still witnessing the plight of poverty, discrimination, apathy on the part of Government.
Others who also spoke on the occasion included Prof JS Mangal, Prof NN Sharma, VK Dutta, Ved Raj Bali, Tilak Raj Sethi, Virinder Khajuria and Gurmeet Singh Isher.
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