Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Feb 6: All J&K POJK 1947 Sharnarthi Intellectuals Forum in a meeting here, today held under the chairmanship of Paramjit Singh, its vice president has made an appeal to Prime Minister, Narendra Modi urging him to issue directives to State Government to expedite the process of releasing compensation in favour of refugee families from POJK.
The meeting while appreciating the concern shown by PM for welfare of the people of the State by launching various developmental projects during his recent visit said that this all will prove meaningless in case the burning issues of refugees of 1947 who laid their lives and saved Kashmir are not settled.
The meeting said that the refugees have left huge property in POJK and for the same they were not compensated till date. It said that the State Government had submitted a package of Rs 30 lakh per refugee family for approval and sanctioning of funds to Central Government in the year 2013 and the same be sanctioned as Rs 5.50 lakh sanctioned by Government at present is not sufficient in view of the huge losses suffered by these refugees in the shape of their immovable properties left in POJK.
The meeting said that even the refugees have been denied their basic rights. The meeting said that 13 lakh refugees are putting up in Jammu province and their vote is a deciding factor in 17 Assembly segments. It, while seeking immediate intervention of PM demanded that their issues be settled before the coming Lok Sabha elections failing which they will be forced to decide their future course of action.
Surjit Singh, general secretary of Forum, Jarnail Singh Khalsa, district secretary, DGPC Samba, Fateh Singh, general secretary DGPC, Jammu, Ramnik Singh, Raja Singh, all members of DGPC Jammu, Kuldeep Singh, Paramjit Singh Shingari, Nasib Singh, K D Singh, Khazan Singh, Pritam Singh, Master Bhajan Singh, Jagjeet Singh, Ravinder Singh and others attended the meeting.
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