Pak occupied Kashmir Refugees Front Stage
Protest
JAMMU, Apr 15:
Pak occupied Kashmir Refugees Front (PoKRF), an organisation representating
Pakistan occupied Kashmir refugees today staged a protest demanding permanent
rehabilitation package of Rs 1,700 crore from the Government. Led by general
secretary of PoK Refugees Front (PoKRF), Rachhpal Singh Chib, over 300
refugees, including women, assembled near Press Club here and attempted to
march towards Civil Secretariat, but were stopped by police, leading to a
clash. The refugees were demanding rehabilitation package of Rs 1,700 crore,
which was submitted by State Government to Central Government, on the patten of
one-time settlement package for refugees declared by the Centre. The State
Government had submitted a proposal to the Centre in August last year but it
has not been approved by the Union Government till date, Chib said. “There is
no visible action by the State Government. Even the team of 22 Central
Secretaries led by Cabinet Secretary Ajit Seth did not bother to take
assessment of the submitted package and discuss the refugee issues,” he said. Singh
said the Front appealed to all refugees to boycott the ruling political
alliance of National Conference and Congress in State and in National polls.
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