Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, Oct 24: A delegation of J&K Peoples Republican Party (JKPRP) led by its president advocate G M Tramboo called on Prime Minister, Narendra Modi here yesterday and apprised him of the prevailing situation in the State in general and Kashmir Valley in particular.
According to Party spokesperson, Mir Ghulam Rasool Butwani the delegation demanded rehabilitation of flood victims at an earliest with due compensation for the losses suffered by them, deferring of Assembly elections by four to five months till the people are fully rehabilitated and job package for unemployed youth.
The Prime Minister heard the deputation and assured to look into the demands, Mir added. He said the other members of the delegation included Vasim Raja, general secretary of the Party, Zafar Salathia, G M Wani and Ghulam -ud-Din Gulshan.
Later addressing party meetings at Butwani and Shalbug in Sherpathri area of Ganderbal district today Mir said that the decision of Prime Minister, Narendra Modi to deposit the amount of compensation in the bank account of the affected people has vindicated the stand of their Party on the issue.
He said that his Party from the very beginning has demanded that the Central Government should pay the relief through its agencies to the flood victims as the people of the State have lost all faith in the Coalition Government.
Mir said this way the compensation will reach to the deserving people and there will be no misappropriation in its distribution by State agencies. The appointment of the Committee by Prime Minister to monitor the relief distribution and assess the losses is also a good decision, he added.
He said the grant of tehsil status to Sherpathri and block status to Butwani was due to the constant struggle of the people of the area and PRP which took up the issue at every fora and protested against the Government’s callousness in this regard.
Mir said the coalition was now misleading the people on the issue while the real credit for the announcement of block for Butwani and tehsil for Sherpathri goes to people.
He also expressed concern over delay in distribution of ration among the people and alleged that there is no proper system adopted by the Government in this regard.
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