Jammu, May 08: Democratic Progressive Azad Party (DPAP) chairman Ghulam Nabi Azad on Monday visited the Jagti Township and promised the migrant Kashmiri Pandits that he will make all efforts to ensure their return to their respective homes in the valley with “respect and dignity”.
“I ensured all of you return home when I was the chief minister. I opened job opportunities for all those who had migrated from Kashmir and paved the safe return with all required secured initiatives. I believe a lot more is to be done and I promise you if I am elected to power, all the measures will be taken in this regard,” he said while addressing the community members.
According to a party statement issued here, Azad said he feels and understands the pain of the migrant community “since they have literally been uprooted by the conflict and forced to migrate from their birthplace”. “Nothing can compensate the losses that you suffered while leaving your homes. My first and important priority is to rehabilitate you back at your respective ancestral places,” he told them.
He said providing jobs and financial assistance is not enough to win the trust of the community. “It is the duty of the state to rehabilitate you back with honor and dignity so that you can have the same feelings which you enjoyed before leaving your homes. I will launch various schemes that will benefit the community at large unlike other parties who visit the township to score political points,” he said.
“Yours is a humane issue and needs the same treatment. While dealing with it, we have to rise above politics,” the DPAP chairman said.
Later, the community members submitted their grievances to Azad and sought his intervention to resolve them. He assured them that all the genuine issues would be resolved and he will personally intervene in the matter, the statement said, adding that on the occasion, scores of prominent members from the community joined the party.
