National Conference Seeks Comprehensive Financial Package For J&K
Shah will be arriving in Jammu on Thursday. During his two-day visit, he is scheduled to review the security situation and hold key meetings with local officials and stakeholders.
SRINAGAR: Ruling National Conference (NC) has urged Union Home Minister Amit Shah to announce a comprehensive financial package for Jammu and Kashmir during his two-day visit to the Union Territory beginning on Thursday.
Senior party leader Rattan Lal Gupta on Wednesday said that the people of J&K have suffered immensely amid the recent military escalation between India and Pakistan and, therefore, he was hoping the Home Minister will announce a comprehensive financial package for them.
In a signed statement issued in Jammu, Gupta who is the provincial president of the NC said, “The people of Jammu and Kashmir, especially those living in twin districts of Poonch- Rajouri and other border areas have borne the brunt of the recent escalation in cross-border firing. We have tragically lost nearly 23 innocent civilian lives, and the scale of damage to public and private properties and infrastructure, particularly in these areas, is massive and deeply concerning.”
Demanding a well-structured comprehensive financial package from the Centre, he said it would not only provide much-needed support to the affected families but also help towards rebuilding livelihoods, strengthening infrastructure, and revitalizing the local economy.
“At this critical juncture, it is imperative for the Union government to step in with concrete measures to aid the victims and rebuild the affected areas. I sincerely hope that the Hon’ble Home Minister will recognize the gravity of the situation and announce a substantial financial package for the people affecting cross border shelling of Jammu and Kashmir during his visit,” he said.
Shah will be arriving in Jammu on Thursday. During his two-day visit, he is scheduled to review the security situation and hold key meetings with local officials and stakeholders.
This would be his first visit to J&K after India launched ‘Operation Sindoor’, described by the government as the biggest ever response to terrorism and a resolute message to the perpetrators of the Pahalgam carnage that such heinous acts will face unrelenting consequences.
The official sources in Jammu said that apart from holding a series of meeting with the senior officials of the administration and security top brass, the Home Minister will visit Poonch, the worst hit in the recent India-Pakistan military escalation, and meet the families of the slain and also those who lost their dwellings in the cross-LoC artillery firing.
The Home Minister had last visited J&K on April 23, a day after 25 Hindu tourists and a local Muslim horse-handler were killed in a terror attack at Baisaran, a meadow about 5-km from the Valley’s premier resort Pahalgam, to review the security situation.