Srinagar : Senior Congress leader Prof Saifuddin Soz Saturday said that the trust deficit between the people of Jammu and Kashmir and the Central Government is the courtesy of New Delhi. He said people have deep suspicions on the domicile certificate figures published by the Union Territory Government.
He said the UT Administration has camouflaged the figures on Domicile Certificates issued by it by highlighting figures on West Punjab Refugees, Valmikis and Gorkhas, which constitute less than one lakh people.
“The UT Government has itself indicated figures – 55931 WPRs, 2754 Valmikis and 789 Gorkhas. The number of certificates issued to these segments of society totals up to one lakh only,” he said.
Soz said the Administration must explain how 25 lakh Domicile Certificates were issued in Jammu and 15 lakhs in Kashmir, during just one year!
“The UT Administration must come clean on this subject. It would be in its own interest to issue a ‘White Paper’ on its policy and criterion, giving details of important statistics, while covering social segments of the J&K State.”
Soz said that the UT Administration would also be well advised to appear in the public eye as a credible institution, beyond any doubt.
“The general run of population must know how 25 lakh certificates were issued in Jammu and 15 lakh certificates in Kashmir, just in one year,” he said.
He said the UT Administration should realize that it is a delicate subject of great public and social importance.
“The entire exercise, in this connection, done by the UT Administration appears to be doubtful. The UT Government must explain its position further and take the people into confidence,” Soz asked. (KNT)
