Samba : Apni Party Provincial President, Jammu and Former Minister
Manjit Singh has demanded property rights for the Displaced Persons of
1965 and 1971 whose right on the property has been denied for the last
several decades.The Former Minister was addressing a public meeting at
Sordi village in Samba. District President, Samba, Raman Thappa also
accompanied Manjit Singh alongwith other leaders and workers.
“Their third generation is growing on the property but they do not
have any right. Whenever any development project comes, the Displaced
Persons are not given compensation even as they have the right to
claim it,” he said.He said that the Govt. should not linger on their
issue of property rights and give it without delaying it
further.“These DPs are poor and do labour work, and in vegetable
markets in Punjab, and Himachal Pradesh. By giving them rights on the
property, these poor people will be unable to claim various benefits
of the Govt schemes,” he said.
He further demanded that the Indian Army, J&K Police and Paramilitary
forces must hold on spot recruitment rallies in the International
Border belt so that the youth can be recruited in the security
forces.He said that the people are concerned about the pending
compensation for DPs of 1965 and 1971 which is still not given to all
the families.
“The first compensation is not given to all the families. The left-out
families must be given compensation at the earliest. The DPs have
complained that the tehsil offices have become hub of corrupt
practices and do not clear their compensation files of the DPs in lieu
of money. It is imperative for the administration to keep a check on
such elements who are delaying the process of compensation,” he said.
He said that the delaying practice will not benefit the DPs nor to the
revenue officials and appealed that the compensation distribution work
should be sped up so that it can go to each legitimate
family.Expressing his serious concern over the ignorance of the
authorities with regard to the demand of farmers affected in recent
rainfall and hailstorm, Manjit Singh said that the Govt. should give
adequate compensation to the farmers who have lost their standing
paddy crops, fruit and vegetables.
“If the compensation is not being accorded at par the market value,
then the farmers will be compelled to come on the roads. Many of the
farmers have taken KCC loans, and they too are not able to pay back
the installments. Therefore, the Govt must also think about them,” he
said.
Highlighting public friendly policies and agenda of Apni Party, he
said that if we come to power, Apni Party will give 500 units of free
electricity in summers and 300 units of electricity in winters to the
people of Jammu region.“If the Apni Party comes to power, we are
committed to enhance the old age pension from Rs 1000 to Rs 5000 for
the old age persons so that they are not dependent upon others,” he
said.He said that their party will ensure that the people who have
benefited from the Ujwala scheme will get refills of cooking gas
cylinders four times free of cost.
