 Early Times Report
JAMMU, Jan 4: The protest of Jagti Tenement Committee (JTC) and Soan Kashmir Front (SKF) J&K entered 459th day today.
Addressing the protesters, president JTC-SKF and Convener of J&K Pradesh Congress Committee Migrant Cell, Shadi Lal Pandita said that the government is violating our human rights as our democratic rights are being snatched away, adding that the government should solve the all the problems of Kashmiri Pandits as soon as possible. Pandita demanded to increase the monthly cash relief of relief holders from Rs 13,000 to Rs 25,000 per family per month immediately. He also demanded package of 20,000 jobs for unemployed youth of Kashmiri migrants and one job to each family which has no serving Government employee.
He further demanded three satellite townships be built in Kashmir Valley near Baramulla, Srinagar and Anantnag for return and rehabilitation of Kashmiri Pandits. Besides, compensation of 32 years property loss and balanced /pending ex-gratia of gutted houses, looted and damaged, properties be released in favour of affected families.
He also demanded compensation for over aged youth, removal of encroachments from migrants, properties and religious places as well as grant of political and minority status to Kashmiri Pandits.
The members who participated in the protest included Vijay Bakshi, Charanjeet Singh, Rakesh Ambardar, Rakesh Tickoo, Shuban Raina, Mohan Krishan Tickoo, Raj Kumar Bhat, Gh Mohammad Khan, Ramesh Suri, Ram ji Raina, Satish Pandita, Gurmeet Singh, Om Prakash Mahajan, Javid Ahmad and others. |
