Kashmiri Pandit Migrant Employees held a barefoot march in Jammu demanding that the government should address their safety concerns while bringing out a comprehensive roadmap to relocate them to the Valley, reported ANI.
The pandits held the march on the occasion of Constitution Day on 26 November demanding from the government to safeguard their “Right to Life” provided in Article 21 of the Constitution of India.
“We have spent 15 years in Kashmir. The Kashmiri Pandits and the employees are demanding a comprehensive roadmap to relocate the Kashmiri Pandits in Kashmir. On the occasion of Constitution Day, we demand the lives be saved in Kashmir,” one of the protestors said.
“The people of Kashmir are with us in this fight. Kashmiri Pandits are becoming scapegoats due to the targeted killings. The migrant workers from other states are being killed,” he added.
Another protestor said that their Right to Life is being violated in Kashmir with the spate of targeted killings and demanded Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha take note of the situation and talk to the employees.
“Our Right to Life in the Constitution is being violated. We demand from the government to ensure the right to education and the Right to Life which is being violated in Kashmir. Until the situation becomes good in the valley, we demand the government relocate us to Jammu. The employees are not demanding anything but their lives. The administration should show sensitivity and come forward to talk to the employees. The L-G should take note of these things,” he said.
Kashmir has been witnessing a series of targeted killings since October last year.
