Jammu, December 10, (Scoop News)- State BJP Human Rights Cell organized protest dharna was organized by Cell Convenor Dr. Tahir Chowdhary, against callous attitude of the state coalition government which only give lip service to the people rather than execute pro-people and human rights based policies in the state on the eve of International Human Rights Day which is being observed globally today. This protest dharna was attended and participated by BJP State President & MLA Jugal Kishore Sharma, Leader of Legislative Party Ashok Khajuria, State General Secretary & former Mayor Kavinder Gupta and State Cells Incharge Sat Sharma (C.A).
Jugal Kishore Sharma, while addressing the gathering over there lambasted state government for totally ignoring the issues of refugees who till now are not given their due rights while through rehabilitation policy has distributes doles to communal elements and ex-militants who crossed over the border to receive militancy related training. The state government is more sympathetic to these terrorists of human grounds but not following directives of Human Rights Commission with regard to PoJK, refugees from West Pakistan, Chhamb, uprooted people due to 1965, 71 wars and Kashmiri pandits living in refugees camps.
Ashok Khajuria, in his address burst out on NC leadership for not taking Human Rights Commission very seriously which now lacks any decisiveness to execute any action against violators of Human Rights in the State. Khajuria also said that the validity of Human Rights Commission lies in making it active and protect the Human Rights of people rather than acting against such rights. Referring to the SCs/STs/OBCs and role of Home Guards, VDCs in protecting the border areas in militancy affected state, he said that these vulnerable sections required to be viewed with Human angle and thereby their rights are to be protected.
Sat Sharma (C.A) accused that the State Government functionaries never took sympathetic view toward Chamail Singh, brutally butchered in prison by Pakistan. This grave Human Rights violation by Pakistan was taken very lightly by the state government who till now has not given any compensation even on compassionate ground to the family of the victim, while Rs. 3 lakhs efforts made alongwith MP & State Prabhari Avinash Rai Khanna on behalf of J&K State BJP were given to the victim’s family. Sharma pointed out that just adjacent to the venue of dharna, “All Selected Candidates of Prison Department sitting on hunger strike” for the last 9 days was the live example of violation of Human Rights directly and clearly violated by the government itself.
Dr. Tahir Chowdhary pointed out that J&K is the only state in India where maximum Human Rights Violations have taken place and this he attributed to very weak State Human Rights Commission which has not given any concrete results. He further said gave that Indian jawans who protect the borders were mutilated and state government maintained silence. Giving reference of Kishtwar riots, Chowdhary said that in Kishtwar property worth cores was destroyed but the state government took no cognizance and so no compassionate action has been taken even after a committee of enquiry was instituted.
Bansi Lal Bharti, Yudhvir Sethi, Ashok Kumar Khajuria, Rajesh Gupta, Vikram Randhawa, S. Paramjit Singh also spoke on the occasion and prominent who attended dharna were
Dr. Nirmal Kamal, Munish Sharma, Pramodh Kapahi, Rashpal Verma, Rajiv Charak, Ravinder Raina, Priya Sethi, Surinder Bhagat, S. Amreek Singh, Kushal Sharma, Anandi Gupta, Tanvir Queshi, Ajit Goswami, Tarseem Choudhary, Balwan Singh, Ishant Gupta, Ayodhya Gupta, Surinder Gupta, Bharat Bhushan, Ajay Vaid, Ravikiran Sharma, Anuradha Charak, Anju Dogra, Sangeeta Gupta, Neeru Anand, Parveen Arora, Rohit Bawa, Rinku Chouhan, Munish Raja, Ajay Chalotra, Abhinandan Bhardwaj, Sharda, Sunita, Vidya and others.
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