STATE TIMES NEWS
JAMMU: Reiterating his party’s commitment towards mitigating sufferings of the Displaced Persons (DPs) of PoJK and refugees from West Pakistan, BJP State President and MLA, Sat Sharma charged the opposition parties of having exploited these hapless people right from 1947. He said that none of the parties, except BJP, has accepted it as a human problem and considered the same in a humane way.
Sat said that it has been BJP, which right from the day one of its birth, remained in forefront to highlight the plight of DPs and refugees. Our party formed Government at the Centre first time in 1996 with Atal Behari Vajpayee as PM and financial assistance was provided to the then State Government for distribution among DPs and refugees but due to the non-seriousness on part of the Kashmir-centric government, the same was diverted for some other purposes. He further said that now when BJP government is again in power at the Centre and also in coalition in the State, the issues of PoJK and West Pakistan Refugees have been vigorously persuaded as a result of which NDA government has sanctioned and released Rs 2,000 crore for DPs from PoJK. Not only this, the Modi government has also announced a number of concessions for refugees from West Pakistan and their genuine demands are very much under active consideration of the Modi Government, he added. As far opposition parties making hue and cry over Rs 2,000 crore financial assistance, Sat made it clear that this amount is neither final nor an end and added that the BJP will continue to pursue the cases of DPs and refugees till the fulfillment of their every genuine demand.
