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KPSS fast unto death enters 2 day
KT NEWS SERVICE. Dated: 9/22/2020 11:25:42 AM
SRINAGAR, Sep 21: Kashmir Pandits Sangarsh Samiti (KPSS) went on Fast unto death against Disaster Management Relief, Rehabilitation and Reconstruction (DMRR&R) Department, UT of JK at Ganesh Mandir, Ganpatyaar, HabbaKadal, and Srinagar from 20 Sept, 2020.
Yesterday i.e. 20 Sept, 2020 at around 07:30 p.m. a team of two members from Deputy Commissioner, Srinagar office visited venue to take stock of the situation, Sanjay K.Tickoo, President KPSS had detailed conversation with the team members. On demand he
provided copies of all the official record pertaining to the long pending issues with Disaster Management Relief, Rehabilitation and Reconstruction (DMRR&R) and the protesting Pandits blamed that department is trying to sabotage their demands from last more than two years.
KPSS in a statement issued to CNS said that the demands of the charter were demand of Vigilance inquiry against the officers of the Relief Department for deliberately stalling and sabotaging Relief and Rehabilitation of Non-Migrant Kashmiri Pandits living in Kashmir Valley and misusing their official positions to harm Kashmiri Pandits , demand of Implementation of Hon’ble High Court directions and recommendations of the Ministry of Home Affairs regarding Jobs to the unemployed educated Kashmiri Pandit youths.
They blamed that the department has deliberately delayed the process by more than four years as such give one time age relaxation to all the over-age candidates.
(31.05.2016 date of the judgment passed by Hon’ble High Court in OWP 1986/2013 titled Kashmiri Pandit Sangarash Samiti and others Vs. Union of India and others)
They also demanded easy and stress-free process of providing bonafide Certificates to all the aspirants, 5 Monthly Financial Aid to 808 Non-Migrant Kashmiri Pandit families living in Kashmir Valley, Providing accommodation to all deserving Non-Migrant Kashmiri Pandit as per recommendations of the Ministry of Home Affairs and
Extension of benefits of Migrant Welfare Fund to the Non-Migrant Kashmiri Pandits.