JK Govt to amend Constitution in next
assembly session:Bhalla
State subject, domicile certificate for
refugees
Vijaypur
(Samba),Jan 6: In a significant development,state revenue minister Raman Bhalla
on Sunday disclosed that Jammu and Kashmir government will bring an amendment
in the state Constitution in next assembly session to clear hurdles related to
issuance of Permanent Resident Certificates (PRCs) and Domicile Certificates to
the refugees. “The State government will bring
necessary amendment in the Constitution in the next Assembly Session to clear
all hurdles related to this issue. The domicile certificate is an internal
matter which would be sorted out shortly,” Bhalla, who was flanked by
health minister Sham Lal Sharma, said addressing a gathering of West Pakistani
refugees at Swankha More in Vijaypur on Sunday.
He
said State Congress President, Prof Saif-ud-Din Soz is personally monitoring
the progress of the outcome of discussion with the Central leadership which
recently took place at Delhi. Sharma,
while addressing the refugees, said that a delegation of state leaders under
the leadership of President Pradesh Congress Committee, Prof Saif-ud-Din Soz
and MP Madan Lal Sharma met the Central leadership recently and discussed the
issues of West Pakistani and PaK refugees. An official statement said both the
ministers said the issues are under the active consideration of Central and
State Governments and a road map has been drawn for their amicable solution in
a phased manner. Sham said that issues
which are in the preview of State Government will be segregated and addressed
within the constitutional framework, for which the coalition Government was
committed.
He said top
officers of State Government are working out the modalities related to each
issue.
Vice
Chairman, OBC Advisory Board Kuldeep Verma also spoke on the occasion and
supported the demands of the refugees. He urged Central as well as State
Governments to show flexibility on the issues of refugees and address them
sympathetically without wasting more time as they have already suffered for so
many years. Earlier, President West
Pakistani Refugee Action Committee, Labba Ram Gandhi highlighted the long
pending issues of the refugees and demanded their early settlement. He said
that refugees are confronting for their genuine rights since independence, but
all successive governments failed to address their issues, with the result the
refugees lived in a painful environment. He renewed the demands and urged both
Central and State Government to address them on priority.
Meanwhile,
Ram demanded special recruitment of wards of refugees in the Central
para-military forces as an internal relief, as agreed to by the Union Health
Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad some time back. He also demanded issuance of caste
and domicile certificates to the children of refugees enabling them to secure
jobs in Central Government which is one of the requirements
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