J K News Today

Jammu,  January 25

 At a time when Jammu was  frustrated by the continued  indifference of the Jammu and Kashmir government of its plight, the Centre has come to the rescue  to the people of Jammu by addressing some of the core issues  in a balanced manner  with that of the Valley as well.

It has lit up new hope among the affected population  in the state, particularly , Jammu region.

Centre has taken due note of the problems of the migrants in Jammu, who have come  to the place from different parts of the  state since 1947, be they from  now Pakistan occupied Jammu and Kashmir  or West Pakistan , Kashmiri Pandits  or the victims of militancy from hills of Jammu .

These migrants have been living a second-class citizen lives as their right to live with dignity were mauled by  Pakistani raiders in 1947 to  Pakistani terrorists from 1990 onwards . Before that the victims of wars , displaced by the conditions of not their making,  have been running from pillar to post.

The Union Home Minister  Rajnath Singh has come to their rescue . His advisory to the state government that it should constitute  an advisory board for all these types of migrants  reflects the concern the Modi government has this large chunk of population living in Jammu region . Their plight needs to be addressed in a realistic manner.

“ We do hope that the Centre would better our lot,” Labbu Ram, an aged  refugee from Mirpur, now in PoJK ,  hopes. “ There are issues  of our rehabilitation and settlement  that have not been addressed for decades and the Centre  under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi was the first to  do something in reality for us , “ he said. His reference was the  relief announced by the Prime Minister in his Rs. 80,000 crore package for the state  in November 2015.

The migrant camps at Jagti  and Talwara had been crying for attention  for long, but the state government had been ignoring their plight. This is  because of the fact, as the residents of these places see for themselves , is the “ indifferent to hostile attitude of the state governments , and the current PDP-led coalition government being no exception ,”  and secondly , the deceptive picture that the state government as been presenting about the migrants in  Jammu . The state government has been  paying lip service to the welfare of the migrants, but in reality has done nothing for them.