Kashmiri Pandits' hunger strike enters 7th day

JAMMU: The hunger strike of Kashmiri Pandits, demanding reorganisation of the relief department and bifurcation of the ration cards of Kashmiri migrants, entered its 7th day on Tuesday.
 
"The hunger strike would continue in first phase for 18 days. And then we would intensify the agitation if the government failed to come forward to meet our demands in this direction," said R K Bhat, President of Youth Wing of All India Kashmir Samaj (YWAIKS).
 
Six Kashmiri Pandit organisations under the banner of YWAIKS are protesting against the Congress-led government for allegedly failing to fulfill their demand of reorganisation of relief department and bifurcation of the ration cards, launch an employment package, allotment of the residential quarters to the migrants.