Srinagar: Opposing the proposed surrender
policy of Jammu and Kashmir government, National Panthers
Party today demanded general amnesty to the state`s youth
languishing in jails within and outside the state.
"For return of peace, NPP is for a general amnesty to
the boys behind bars in and outside the state", NPP chairman
Bhim Singh told reporters here after a meeting of working
committee of Kashmir area of the party here today.
Justifying opposition to the proposed surrender policy,
Singh said, "The issue of youths who had gone to Pakistan
occupied Kashmir for arms training is a different matter. They
have gone to PoK for arms training voluntarily. Let the
government first rehabilitate those who have surrendered here
and are languishing in jails.
Singh alleged 500 youths who have spent 15 or more
years in jails have not been released.
About performance of the NC-Congress coalition
government, he said "there is no government existing in the
state. The government has failed and there is no governance
worth its name".
Expressing anguish over the fact that 65 per cent
population of the state was illiterate, the NPP Chief said his
party would launched an education programme to make it cent
per cent literate within a year.
PTI
