Early Times Report
Jammu, June 24: Asserting that he will work for the cause for the development and cause of people including refugees, Minister of State in the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) Dr Jitendra Singh on Tuesday said that he is committed to resolving the issues of the refugees stranded in Jammu region for the last several decades.
Dr Singh said this while responding to a demand made in this regard by Dineshwar Singh Jamwal, President of the Duggar Vikas Manch during a "Samman Samaroh" (felicitation function) organized by the Duggar Vikas Manch. Expressing his heartfelt compassion to Refugees, he said that the condition of the West Pakistan refugees is particularly precarious because they have been denied rights, unfairly, by successive state governments. He stressed that he will work for the resolution of the problems faced by different types of refugees. At a ``Samman Samaroh'' (felicitation function) organized by the Duggar Vikas Manch, Dr Singh was honoured by several non-political, social and cultural organizations of Jammu. Speaking about the demand raised by people from the Ladakh region for setting up a university there, Dr Singh said that at this juncture it may not be a practical or viable solution. However, he said that setting up an outreach campus of a central university may meet immediate needs of the region and assured to work for facilitating this in the near future. In his speech, Dr Jitendra Singh emphasized that he is acutely aware of the problems being faced by the people and work to the best of his capacity for redressing them. Member Parliament Jugal Kishore Sharma in his brief address assured the people of Jammu that that they will do their best effort for fulfilling the demands raised in the memorandum of Duggar Vikas Manch and assured all possible support for fulfilling them.
Presidents of organisations present on the occasion included Maj Gen Govardhan Singh Jamwal (J&K Ex. Services League), Ved Parkash Sharma (Dogra Brahaman Pratinidhi Sabha), Vinod Gupta (Central Mahajan Sabha Jammu), Jagdish Dogra (Sanatan Dharam Sabha), Deewan Chand Bansal (Aggarwal Sabha Jammu), Ayoudia Kr Manawa (Prajapati Sabha), Bharat Bhushan Hans (All J&K Valmiki Sabha Jammu), Syed Amanat Ali Shah Naqvi (Anjuman -e- Imamia), Yash Pal Gupta (Asso Chamber of Traders Federation Jammu), Anil Suri (Federation of Industries), Ch Kamal Singh (Jaat Kalyan Sabha), Balbir Kumar Gupta (Association of Industrial Estate - Gangyal), Hashim Ali (Gurgar Desh Charitable Trust), Ajit Khajuria (Khajuria Biradri), Sat Pal (Saryara Sadar Sabha Jammu), Murari Lal (Kashyap Rajput Sabha), Pawan Kumar Jain (Shri Aatmanand Jain Sabha), Neeraj Anand (Anand Biradri), Adv S Surinder Singh (J&K Gurudwara Prabandhak Board), Biru Ram (Barwala Sabha) and Rajesh Pandey (Sain Samaj Sabha). During the proceedings of function artists of DADAA presented cultural program which was appreciated by the audience. Sham Lal Basson General Secretary of DVM presented vote of thanks. |
