Mir, Bhalla visit Migrants camp Vesu, Mattan
STATE TIMES NEWS
SRINAGAR: JKPCC President GA Mir along with JKPCC Working President Raman Bhalla on Sunday visited Migrants Camp Vesu, Mattan to meet agitating Kashmiri Migrants PM Package employees and others and extended party’s support to the various demands of the community.
However Congress leaders denied permission to visit Sheikhpora to meet deceased Rahul Bhat’s family and his relatives.
Reacting over this Mir said ,”Someone has died, how can it be a law and order issue?. Is it a crime to empathize with family members of Rahul Bhat. Is it too much that we cannot go out to meet aggrieved people and should remain confined in our houses when people are suffering on all counts.
“Congress president Sonia Gandhi always remains sensitive to the problems and sufferings of Kashmiri migrants. We have full sympathy with them and previous UPA government under Manmohan Singh tried its best to help the community,” he said during his interaction with the community leaders.
The Congress leader said the community’s desire to return with safety and security was a right demand and all have to work together to see their genuine rights fulfilled.
“Till then every sort of necessary help needs to be extended to them,” he said.
Mir assured the community that Congress will take up their demands on every concerned platform.
He expressed shock over loss of lives of migrants who have been targeted time and again.
He regretted that the BJP led NDA Govt has miserably failed to check the Pak designs and to ensure security and safety of people of Jammu and Kashmir. He said that certain measures are essential to ensure safety and security of minority’s people.
Mir assured the people residing in the camps that they will submit their report to Congress President Sonia Gandhi, Ex President Congress Rahul Gandhi for taking up the matter both inside and outside the Parliament at the national level.
Bhalla said BJP is completing eight years in power this year. While their manifesto has always spoken of the situation of the Pandits, those who actually live in ghettos in the shape of transit camps feel that there is no value to their lives for the BJP.
He said BJP has done nothing to improve the condition of the community in the eight years that it had.
For months they have been protesting to increase the relief amount from Rs 13,000 per family to Rs 25,000 per family, is this not in the BJP’s control?” He said their existence in camps even after they voted for the BJP explains how little the party cares about on-ground impact.
Raman Matoo, Gulzar Ahmed Wani, Vijay Sharma, Jatin Vashisht and Farooq Bhat District President Kulgam were also present on the occasion.
