Kashmiri Pandits ask PM to review implementation of package
Jammu: With Prime Minister Manmohan
Singh's two-day visit to Jammu and Kashmir beginning tomorrow,
an organisation of Kashmiri Pandits on Tuesday charged the state
government with failure in implementing the package announced
by him during his previous term for the community and asked
him to review its execution personally.
"We welcome the Prime Minister to the state. His
announcement of employment and rehabilitation package for
Kashmiri Pandits in 2006 shows his concern for the community
but the state government has done little to implement it," All
Party Migrant Coordination Committee Chairman Vinod Pandit
told reporters here.
Alleging that the work on Jagati township project
announced by Singh as part of his package for providing better
housing facilities to members of the displaced community was
going at a snail's pace, he said several deadlines set for its
completion have been overstepped by the state government.
"Kashmiri Pandits are being given lip service only. Be
it the Chief Minister or any other state leader, nobody wants
to implement the PM's package for the community", he said,
adding that Singh should himself hold a review meeting and
pull up the government over its "failure" to implement the
package.
Bureau Report