STATE TIMES NEWS
JAMMU: Dismayed over the recent government proposal setting in motion the process of fresh registration of migrants from Kashmir, Harsh Dev Singh Chairman JKNPP and former Minister has questioned the rationale behind the highly ignominious and outrageous move.
He said that the recent order issued by the Revenue Deptt in this regard had created an alarm in Jammu as all further registrations for migrants banned since 2008 so as to curb the unhealthy practice were sought to be re-opened despite the tall claims of the Govt. of having restored normalcy in Kashmir.
He said that the people of Jammu saw this as yet another attempt on the part of the Govt. to change the demographic profile of Dogra land and to create a regional rupture.
Describing the move of the government as obnoxious, Harsh said that not only the content but the language used in the government order reflected the pernicious designs of the sinister alliance.
Elucidating further, Singh said that the Revenue Department order categorically laid down the modus operandi in the said government order for registration of migrants “who have migrated or may migrate due to threat to them or to their families from militants,…”
He said it was widely being felt in Jammu that under the garb of the said order the Govt. wanted to clear the decks for settling more people in Jammu from other regions. And all this notwithstanding the loud pronouncements being made on regular basis for “Return and rehabilitation of Kashmiri migrants” and the unanimous Assembly resolutions calling for return of all Kashmiri migrants to valley, he pointed out.
Accusing the government of taking different stands at different places and on different occasions, Harsh said that such incongruous and conflicting stands only reflected the bankruptcy of the present rulers and the lack of policy with regard to such sensitive issue. Coming down heavily on the BJP for its egregious surrenders on various issues, Singh said that Jammu region had been subjected to the most-shabby treatment during the present dispensation. He said that with the Jammu related issues having been consigned to oblivion, the BJP ministers were fighting only for the transfers and postings of ‘beloved’ ones.
Lambasting the BJP for succumbing before the separatists’ agenda, Singh said that Jammu could not be allowed to be converted into a refugee camp. He regretted that BJP had not only maintained culpable silence over the issue of Rohingyas and Bangladeshis but had acquiesced in the process of fresh migrations to Jammu thus allowing the erosion of Dogra identify and dilution of rich culture of Dogras.
Seeking the review of the new order for fresh registration of Kashmir migrants, Singh called for early deportation of illegal foreign nationals in view of growing resentment and huge outrage sparked in Dogra land due to their unlawful settlement in various colonies in and around Jammu.
