Jammu, 25 February (H.S.): Displaced Persons from Pak occupied Jammu and Kashmir today held protest demonstration, projecting their demands of allotment of land for the Chhamb refugees of 1965 and 1971, remaining package of Rs 24.50 lakh and ST status on the pattern of Paharis.
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 should be given compensation of Rs 30 lakh per family as recommended by the Joint Parliamentary Committee. More over, pending amount of Rs 24.50 lakhs should also be paid. He said Rs 5.50 lakh per family was first installment of the PM package.
The DPs’ leader said refugees from Chhamb and Dewa Batala be provided land/plots and justice be done with them as they are struggling for long. The land should also be allotted to non-camp refugees and others who have deficiency. He said pending files of DPs pertaining to PM package be cleared without more delay.
On this occasion MLA Jammu South Narinder Singh also visited protesting DPs at Hari Singh Park and assured them to project their issues during upcoming Assembly session.
Capt Yudhvir Singh demanded that 12 seats be allotted to the DPs from PoJK in the J&K Assembly as per their population. Migrated KPs having much less population have been provided two seats. It not 24, at least 12 seats be provided to PoJK DPs.
He further demanded that ST status be provided to the DPs on the pattern of Paharis from Rajouri and Poonch as they are also part of Pak occupied parts of Poonch, Rajouri, Mirpur etc.
Prominent among those who accompanied Capt Chib included JP Sharma, Kuldeep Singh Chib, Sakandya Devi (I/C Mahila Wing), Kehar Singh, Raghunath Singh, Ch Rattan Lal and others.
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Hindusthan Samachar / Krishan Kumar
