Police denying our youth govt jobs: Refugees

Jammu, January 21

West Pakistan refugees on Thursday held protests across the city against the J&K Administration alleging that they are being denied government jobs, despite abrogation of Article 370 and the community being granted citizenship rights.

They claimed that a few days back police officials turned them away, despite some youth of their community passing all the required mandatory tests for selection in the J&K Police.

Led by West Pakistan Refugees Action Committee president Laba Ram Gandhi, over 300 West Pakistan refugees held protests demanding justice by providing government jobs to their wards and benefits of the Central Government schemes to their families as is applicable to the citizens of the UT.

“We are holding protests today in support of our demand for government jobs as per the due process of being citizens of J&K,” Gandhi told reporters here.

He said a few days back, there was a recruitment drive in the J&K Police. “Our boys passed all required mandatory physical and written tests. They passed both of them. When they went to the Police Lines to submit their documents, they were pushed out by saying that they should get a state subject certificate,” he alleged. — PTI