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Jammu, July. 15
Displaced Pandits today demanded reservation in Jammu and Kashmir legislature and government jobs for the community as well as setting up of three townships in Kashmiri valley for their rehabilitation.
In a joint memorandum to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, organisations representing the community, which bore the brunt of militancy, said at least three such satellite townships should be set up in Kashmir immediately with a "self-governing arrangement".
In order to restore political rights to Kashmiri Pandits in the state, the All Party Migrant Coordination Committee (APMCC) - a conglomerate of 16 organisations- in its two page memorandum demanded the reservation of three Assembly seats in the state legislature.
The memorandum also demanded reservation in Central and state services including banks, public sector units ({PSUs), autonomous bodies and educational institutions for the community.
The displaced Pandits demanded that the Kashmir Hindu Shrine Management Bill be passed in the Assembly session which begins in September to prevent encroachment of temples and their properties.
The memorandum alleged that government officials as well as political leaders were involved in such encroachment activities in the Valley.
It also demanded that Hindu educational institutions in the Valley, allegedly grabbed by vested interest during militancy years, be returned to the Pandits.
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