Express News Service
SRINAGAR: One month after the Kashmiri Pandit worker Rahul Bhat was shot useless by militants inside Tehsil Office in Budgam, about 5,500 Pandit workers recruited beneath PM’s job package deal have stayed away from the federal government duties to demand relocation to Jammu.
“The targeted killings have caused fear among the community,” mentioned a Pandit worker, Ashu Pandita (identify modified). “When we fear to move out of the transit camps, how will we work? That’s why we are demanding relocation to Jammu till the situation improves in the Valley,” he added.
The meals and civil provides division, Ganderbal, had on Monday directed the workers to renew their duties on June 16. However, Ashu mentioned the order has been withdrawn and the federal government is more likely to take a name after the Amarnath yatra.
“If the yatra passes off peacefully, then the government will decide on resumption of our duties,” he mentioned.
Another worker, Ranjan, mentioned these stationed within the Valley are confined to the transit camps. “It is better for the government to relocate us to Jammu for 2-3 years. We will return once the situation improves here,” he mentioned.