STATE TIMES NEWS
JAMMU: After the call of Chief Minister, Mehbooba Mufti for facilitating the return of Kashmiri community and in the background of shocking incident of temple discretion in Lagama Uri, Kashmir, MLC Girdhari Lal Raina on Tuesday called for an inclusive approach to the issue in a systematic way.
Raina stressed on the need of understanding the fact that Kashmir is incomplete without the safe return of the affected migrated families. He said that this not a mere administrative issue nor does it pertain to few hundred thousand souls who were forced to leave their homes and hearths. So it is imperative that they must have a say in the methodology adopted for the same. He said that the agencies must engage the community in regular dialogue to work out the accepted principles of return. He stressed on the need to initiate the early steps without any further delay to boost the confidence of the community moreover when there are available funds for the same with the support of the Central government under the leadership of popular Prime Minister Narendra Modi who is personally taking pain in all the matters of state. Raina also took the opportunity to call for the protection, preservation and rebuilding of temples and shrines of historic importance to boost the confidence of Migrated population for their return. He also called for the speeding up the process of employment and extension of benefits of welfare schemes to the community under the Confidence Building Measure (CBM). He asserted that once these basics are addressed in honest and transparent manner, the community will not require any invitation to return back.
