Srinagar, Kashmir (November 07, 2013 – Reported by Mir Iqbal): All Parties Sikh Coordination Committee during its interaction with Home Department Committee (on November 06, 2013) said that the Government had failed to book the ‘killers’ involved in Chattisinghpora and Mehjoor Nagar massacres.
APSCC headed by Jagmohan Singh Raina met the team of Departmental Related Parliamentary (DRP) Standing Committee on Home Department for Rehabilitation of migrants of Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday in Srinagar.
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Raina in a statement said that APSCC discussed all the important issues with the Committee members and urged upon them to extend minority status to Sikh of Jammu and Kashmir.
He said that the Committee gave patient hearing to the delegation and assured that all these issues would be taken up with the Home Ministry of India.
APSCC told Committee that it is the job of Home Ministry to grant minority status to the Sikhs of Kashmir. “Despite all odds the Sikhs did not migrate. We were threatened to leave the Kashmir and yet we stayed here. Our brethren were killed in cold blood in Mehjoor Nagar and Chattisingpora but no action was taken against the killers who roam freely till this day,” Raina told Committee members.
APSCC demanded that Punjabi should be added to the curriculum in Central University of Kashmir.
The DRP Standing Committee is in Jammu and Kashmir to know about the welfare of migrants and minorities of the State.
The Committee visited Jammu on Tuesday. The members of the Sub Committee included Naveen Jindal, Vandan Chavan, Nr.Saniuse Kujar, Satish Chanser Misra, Dr. Shafiq Rehman Barq, Dr. Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar, Detta Maghe, Sanjay Dina Patil, Rathod Ramesh, Neertay Shekhar, Rajiv Pratab Rudy and Raman Deka.