Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Jan 16: BJP spokesperson and ex MLC. Girdhari Lal Raina has expressed his grave concern over the exclusion of eligible and deserving candidates of the displaced Kashmiri Pandit community from applying for posts of Anganwadi workers and helpers by the Government.
In a letter to Union Minister Women and Child Development, Annapuma Devi he has drawn the attention of the Minister to the recruitment notifications recently issued by the concerned authorities in J& K for engagement of Anganwadi workers and helpers across various districts. Raina expressed serious disappointment that a highly deserving and eligible section of society women belonging to the displaced Kashmiri Pandit community, who were forcibly driven out of their homes in the Kashmir Valley during the tragic events of 1989-90 has been excluded from the recruitment process.
He said that despite their displacement, the Government continues to treat them as ordinary residents of Kashmir Valley. Even the Election Commission of India acknowledges this reality and makes special arrangements to enable their participation in elections from their present places of residence.
Regrettably, the Women and Child Development Department (WCD) has overlooked this well-established position. This way the eligible women from the community have been rendered ineligible to apply. This has occurred even in cases where Anganwadi Centres are functioning within temporary migrant camps.
Terming it a grave injustice Raina said it defeats the very objective of welfare-oriented schemes aimed at empowering women and supporting vulnerable sections of society.
Raina sought the personal intervention of the Union Minister to address the anomaly.
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