STATE TIMES NEWS
JAMMU: The Jammu and Kashmir National Panthers Party (JKNPP) on Sunday threatened to launch a State wide “civil disobedience movement” from 1st August, if the JK Government fails to fulfill the demands of the party.
“We will launch quit Jammu Pradesh Movement and civil disobedience movement from 1st August if our demands are not accepted. Our first and foremost demand is AIIMS for Jammu,” Prof Bhim Singh, Chief Patron of the JKNPP said here.
Singh said that his party wants reorganisation of the State with the creation of Dogra Pahari Pradesh.
“Our other demands include, immediate delimitation of the Assembly constituencies, reservation of eight Assembly seats for refugees from Pakistan occupied Kashmir, rotation of the Assembly seats reserved for Schedule Castes,” he said.
He said that his party also demanded Schedule Tribe status for Paharis and political reservation in the Assembly for Schedule Tribes.
“We also demand comprehensive settlement of PoK and Pak refugees with full civil rights, ownership rights to all allottees for PoK, Pak and others on the evacuee agricultural land. We also demand withdrawal of the Resettlement Act,” he said.
Besides this, Bhim also demanded reservation for ex-servicemen in all sectors, regularisation of all casual workers, services of all temporary employees and teachers, compensation for return and rehabilitation of Jammu Talwara migrants, rail line from Jammu-Poonch, Udhampur -Kishtwar, 100 per cent reservation to the handicapped persons, 33 per cent reservation to the women, compensation to the farmers for the loss of agriculture and crops and free land for residential purpose to the border people. (PTI)
