Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, June 20: Ahead of Prime Minister’s visit to Kashmir, the Displaced Persons from Pak occupied Jammu and Kashmir today held protest demonstration, projecting their demands of pending Rs 24.50 lakhs relief amount, reservation to the wards of DPs in Govt jobs and provide 24 Assembly seats to the DPs from PoJK.
A large number of displaced persons, under the banner of PoJK DPs’ Front 1947, 1965 and 1971 and (Non Camp) led by its president, Capt (Retd) Yudhvir Singh Chib assembled at Maharaja Hari Singh Park in Jammu today and started protest demonstration. They were demanding that DPs be given compensation @ Rs 30 lakh per family as recommended by the Joint Parliamentary Committee.
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They extended warm welcome to PM Modi in Kashmir and hoped that their pending issues will be resolved. They also urged both the local MPs Jugal Kishore Sharma and Dr Jitendra Singh to take up their issues with visiting Prime Minister.
Chib expressed gratitude to the Modi Govt for providing Rs 5.50 lakh per family but maintained that it was just one installment of the total package, recommended by JPC. Remaining amount of Rs 24.50 lakhs should also be released.
The DPs said thousands Kanals of Govt land has been retrieved from the land encroachers in Jammu and Kashmir and out of this 10 marla land/plots be allotted to the PoJK DPs and other refugees. Land should also be allotted to non-camp refugees, they demanded.
Capt Yudhvir Singh demanded that 24 seats kept for the PoJK area be allotted to the DPs from PoJK in the J&K Assembly. If not 24, at least 12 seats be provided to them. Refugees from Chhamb, settled in Pargwal area with hard work had cultivated lands along the bank of Chenab river. Under Roshni Act they were allotted lands prepared by them with hard work but the same have now been snatched by the Government. The Government by taking lenient view should restore those lands to them. He also demanded ST status for the DPs from PoJK.
Prominent among those who were present during protest included JP Sharma, KS Chib, Kulbir Singh, Sakandya Devi (I/C Mahila Wing), Sudesh Rani and others.
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