JAMMU: SOS International, an organization for PoK displaced persons while welcoming the Central Cabinet decision for passing Rs 2000 crore package for PoK refugees, made it clear that this is not last leaf but just a first one of the volume.
Addressing a press conference, SOS International chairman, Rajiv Chuni said that the struggle is not over as it is not a big victory but a small one and the struggle of organization will carry on until the final goal and absolute justice is achieved adding, that it is just a beginning not conclusion.
Chuni said that weird and apathetic behavior of Government can be gauged by the fact that two years back on October 2014, State Cabinet had passed a package for PoK refugees consists of Rs 25 lakh per family, reservation to the wards of PoK refugees in professional and technical colleges across the country, employment package for the unemployed youths in government jobs etc and sent it to Centre for approval.
The PoK refugees who have been facing the apathy of various successive Governments since 1947 and the said amount must be taken as just an installment. The very strange fact is that how cruel has been the attitude of government towards PoK refugees and Government should not keep misunderstanding that it will cheat PoK refugees by calling it one time settlement package.
He asked government that final settlement will be done when it will decide PoK issue once for all.
“PoK refugees have well understood the gimmicks of Government and they will not let Government to exploit them anymore”, he added.
SOS International chairman further stated that exclusion of 5300 PoK refugees families is unfortunate on the part of Government because after forceful migration they were given shelter outside Jammu and Kashmir by State and Central Government by counting several constraints.
Others present in the press conference were Prof. J.S Mangal, Prof. M.N Sharma, Roshan Lal, V.K Datta, Tarvinder Singh and Sat Paul Lakha.