Shadow Correspondent
Jammu, JAN, 01
The Indefinite Chain Dharna of S. O. S. International – An organization for PoK Displaced Persons today entered into day 6 which is being held at its headquarters Bakshi Nagar, Jammu. DPs have sat on Chain Dharna to highlight their 6 key demands which include implementation the whole package passed by State Cabinet in October 2014 for PoK Displaced Persons, provide facilities to all displaced at par with Valley Migrants, reservation of 8 seats for people displaced from PoK in J&K Legislative Assembly, permit PoK DPs to visit to their religious places in PoK, inclusion of 5, 300 PoK DPs families living outside the State in the ambit of package passed in October 2014 and return of cash deposits with interest to PoK DPs lying with J&K Bank Mirpur. Devender Singh Rana, Provincial President (National Conference) today visited the Chain Dharna site and extended his party support to the cause of PoK DPs. Rajiv Chuni presented memorandum to Devender Singh Rana regarding the demands of PoK DPs. Mr. Rana said that all the demands of PoK DPs are legitimate and it should be fulfilled by present dispensation.
Today’s Chain Dharna led by Arun Kumar accompanied by Pardeep Gupta, Mohan Lal, Pardeep Sabharwal, Santokh Ram and Suresh Sadotra today sat on Chain Dharna to mark their protest. PoK DPs sat on Chain Dharna castigated the Government over its step motherly treatment towards PoK DPs. They said that their demands are quite legitimate and they have been demanding for the same under constitutional frame work.
While speaking in Chain Dharna, Mr. Gupta said that Government has been duping innocent PoK DPs for the last past 7 decades and all the shameless successive Government have never provided much needed justice to people who got displaced from native places but on the contrary, Government is rubbing salt on the wounds of PoK DPs for no fault of theirs. He further said that PoK DPs are fed up of such a brutal and cruel attitude of Government that has totally failed at each and every step of rehabilitating the community that became first ever victims of the State.
Speaking further, he said that our country is a member of United Nations and as per the law of UN that states that it is duty of respective country to provide assistance to its displaced persons till their rehabilitation. “Our country considers Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK) is its integral part and it also says that PoK will be taken back from the illegal clutches of Pakistan, that is a good thing and PoK DPs endorse this but till the restoration of PoK, India ought to act as per the law of United Nations. PoK DPs would rejoice a lot if PoK is restored back as their ancestral places are there. PoK DPs must be provided with basic amenities during their current period of exile which has been continuing for the last 7 decades”, he stated.
