BJP demands nominees of PaK people,
Kashmiri Pandits in JK Assembly
New
Delhi, Mar 2: BJP today demanded that representatives of Kashmiri
Pandits, who had to leave the state due to threats, and the people displaced
from Pakistan-occupied Kashmir be nominated to Jammu and Kashmir Assembly. "There are 111
seats in Jammu and Kashmir
Assembly out of which elections are held only on 87 seats as 24 seats lie in
Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir that remain vacant. We think that the provisions
should be made to fill these 24 seats by nominations from the people displaced
from PoK," BJP President Rajnath Singh said. He was delivering the president's address at
the BJP National Council Meet here. Singh also said Kashmiri Pandits, who had to
leave the Valley should also be nominated to the Assembly.
The party also expressed concern over the
recent killings of sarpanches in Jammu
and Kashmir. "The government of Jammu and Kashmir is not
only dilly-dallying in giving financial help to the Panchayats but has even
failed in ensuing the safety of the sarpanches," Singh said. "Due to fear of terrorists, hundreds of
sarpanches have collectively tendered their resignation. Sarpanches are
demanding security...," he said.
Singh claimed that though he has written a
letter to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on this issue, the UPA government has
been silent on the matter. The main
opposition also suggested that government should make a clear distinction
between the Hindu refugees fleeing from Pakistan
and the illegal migrants crossing the border from Bangladesh.
The party demanded that the Hindu refugees be
given citizenship as they had fled persecution. "In India, families belonging to minorities living
in Pakistan
have taken refuge. Due to lack of any well thought out refugee relief and
rehabilitation policy, the refugees coming to India have to live in an atmosphere
of uncertainty," the BJP chief said. He demanded that government form a proper
refugee policy keeping in mind the distinction between an infiltrator and a
refugee. India has always given refuge to
victim groups, he said. "A clear and special refugee
rehabilitation policy should be made in the context of those who are
justifiably refugees and those who are coming as victims. "If we get an opportunity to form the
government, we will make a rational refugee policy," Singh said
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