An organisation representing displaced Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) people on Saturday accused Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh of promoting “disparity” among communities, a day after he announced Rs 5.5 lakh compensation to each family of West Pakistan refugees living in Jammu and Kashmir.
“The compensation to West Pakistan refugees is a welcome move, but PoK displaced persons (DPs) never expected such an intensity of disparity by none other than the home minister,” SOS International chairman Rajiv Chuni said.
He alleged that the displaced PoK people were not getting the attention and resources that the Centre was showering upon the West Pakistan refugees or Kashmiri Pandits.
The Centre had sanctioned Rs 2,000 crore relief for one-time settlement of 36,454 PoK displaced families on 7 November 2015, out of which 12,763 families had been benefited so far.
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