Jammu, June 8
The Panthers Party today demanded the reorganisation of the three divisions of Jammu and Kashmir and ending the “discrimination” against the Jammu and the Ladakh regions as Mr N.N. Vohra, Centre’s interlocutor for hammering out a solution to the J&K imbroglio, reached here this afternoon.

Mr Vohra is here for a week-long visit. First of all, he met a delegation of the Panthers Party which was led by Mr Bhim Singh, MLC.

Mr Bhim Singh said at the meeting with Mr Vohra, the party demanded that the “discrimination” against the Jammu region by the successive Kashmir-dominated state governments should be stopped immediately as desired by the people of the region. Reorganisation of the state was inevitable, he said.

Interestingly, the Panthers Party is a coalition partner of the PDP-led government in the state and has two ministers.

Mr Bhim Singh called on Mr Vohra along with some office-bearers of the party. None of the ministers or any MLA of the party was part of the delegation.

He said the party demanded that the Jammu and the Ladakh regions should be given their legitimate share of funds and other dues. The problems of the refugees of the wars with Pakistan in 1947,1965 and 1971 should be solved and the migrants of the Jammu region should also be treated on a par with those of the Kashmir valley, he added

Replying to questions of mediapersons whether the Vohra mission would succeed, Mr Bhim Singh said that being a retired bureaucrat, Mr Vohra had no self-interest here and was seriously trying to find a solution to the problem. The earlier dialogues failed because the job was entrusted to politicians who had vested interests.