Protest by Kashmiri Pandit employees enters 17th day

The protest of government employees from the Kashmiri Pandit community who have refused to return and join their jobs in the Valley after the alleged stone pelting on their transit camp, entered 17th day today.
The community members had alleged their transit camps were attacked by the miscreants which was confirmed by the Additional Director General of Police (ADGP) S M Sahai during his press conference in Srinagar few days back.
Accusing the state and the central governments, for turning a "blind eye" towards the "miseries" being faced by the Kashmiri Pandits (KP), a large number of the community members continued their protest inside the premises of relief commissioner's office.

"Our protest has entered 17th day and nobody from the state government has come to meet us, while the chief minister is busy shedding tears for the terrorists and stone pelters, nobody has time to meet us who are the victims of terrorism and stone pelters," Manoj Kaul a protesting employee said.
Terming the four member committee formed by the BJP to hold discussions with the KP employees as a mere "eye wash", the protestors said 17 days have passed and still the party was asking "what are our demands".
"They (the BJP) team is still asking us what our demands are, we just want to know does the team constituted by the BJP has any power to take decision on behalf of the government", Parmeela Dhar, a protesting employee said.

Around 800 employees from the community who were provided jobs under the Prime Minister's rehabilitation package returned to Jammu after their transit camps located in Haal, Mattan, Vessu and Kupwara were allegedly attacked by stone pelting mob that has been protesting the killing of Hizbul Mujahideen commander Burhan Wani in the encounter on July 8.
The All Party Migrants Coordination Committee (APMCC) a body of the displaced KP community said over 800 Kashmir based employees from the community have fled to Jammu and their main demand was to absorb them in the city here itself.
"Those KP employees who have fled Kashmir don't want to join back there; they are scared of their life. The BJP indulged in mere eyewash. The state and the central government must come out with a proposal so that the genuine grievance of these employees is addressed", APMCC National Spokesman King Bharti said.