Jammu & Kashmir Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed on Tuesday informed Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh that the State Government would acquire and provide land at the earliest for composite townships for displaced Kashmiri pandit migrants in the Valley. The Chief Minister later met Prime Minister Narendra Modi to discuss on the flood rehabilitation works in the State as well as Common Minimum Programme (CMP) between the BJP and PDP in the State administration.
“The Chief Minister assured the Union Home Minister that the State Government will acquire and provide land at the earliest for composite townships in the Valley,” said the statement issued by Home Ministry. later rejecting certain media reports, senior Home Ministry officials said there was no talks about AFSPA in the meeting between the Home Minister and CM.
At present, there are about 62,000 registered Kashmiri migrant families in the country, who have moved from the Valley to Jammu, Delhi and other parts of the country after the State was rocked by militancy in 1989. During the Budget for 2015-16, Rs580 crore has been earmarked by the Centre for rehabilitation of migrants.
Prime Minister assured the Chief Minister that Centre will extend full support to funding of flood- affected people in the state and restoration of public infrastructure. The assurance was given during a 30-minute meeting Modi had with Sayeed when they discussed a host of issues including implementation of Common Minimum Programme(CMP) of the PDP-BJP alliance in the state.
Centre is yet to take a call on a cabinet proposal sent by the previous Omar Abdullah Government seeking a package of Rs44,000 crore for relief and rehabilitation of victims of the State affected by the floods in September last year. Modi and Sayeed also reviewed the overall political and developmental scenario in the State.